Take
Weed out
Weed out verb - Remove unwanted elements.
Both terms in one sentence
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Because their family has no shortage of personal issues between them, it doesn't take long for them to weed out the parasites.
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Duel to the Death/There Can Be Only One: When Herod changes the rules of the competition, to weed out the gunfighter the townsfolk hired to take him down.
Source: Film / The Quick and the Dead -
Nascimento notes that the brutality is deliberately meant to weed out those who can't take pressure and punish the corrupt; usually only 5 out of every 100 make it all the way through.
Source: Film / The Elite Squad
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