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Definition of sift out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sift out

phrasal verb
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sift something out
  1. to remove something that you do not want from a substance by putting it through a sieve
    • Put the flour through a sieve to sift out the lumps.
  2. to separate something, usually something you do not want, from a group of things
    • We need to sift out the applications that have no chance of succeeding.
    • They will try to sift out the winners and the losers.
See sift out in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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