comb out

• Trennbares Verb, das bedeutet, verfilzte Haare oder Unrat mit einem Kamm aus Haaren oder ähnlichem Material zu entfernen oder systematisch unerwünschte Elemente aus einer Menge herauszusuchen und auszusondern.

A phrasal verb meaning to remove tangles or debris from hair or a similar material using a comb, or to systematically search and remove unwanted elements.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Remove tangles from hairformal

   To use a comb to untangle or smooth hair.

   Haare auskämmen

   • She carefully combed out the knots from her daughter's hair.
   • He combed out his beard after washing it.
   • It took a while to comb out all the tangles.

   Synonymedisentanglesmoothuntangle

   Antonymeentanglesnarltangle

2. Remove unwanted elementsinformal

   To systematically remove or eliminate unwanted people or things from a group.

   Unliebsame Elemente entfernen

   • The manager combed out the inefficient workers from the team.
   • They combed out the errors from the final report.
   • The committee combed out all the irrelevant proposals.

   Synonymeculleliminatefilter outpurgeremoveroot outscreen outweed out

Grundverbcomb