comb out
verb
High School
1
To remove (something) by combing; to thoroughly comb (something); to thoroughly comb (something) so as to remove something else from it (such as tangles, dirt, or nits).
2
To winnow; for example, to exempt (someone) from a military draft by filtering them out of the list.
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