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Comb out   /koʊm aʊt/   Listen
Comb out

verb
1.
Remove unwanted elements.  Synonym: weed out.  "The new law weeds out the old inequities"
2.
Smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb.  Synonyms: comb, disentangle.  "Comb the wool"





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"Comb out" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mis' Mary Jane, an' while she looked at dem wid her black eyes snappin', dey took de rings off her fingers; den dey took her gol' bracelet; dey even took de ruby ear rings out of her ears an' de gol' comb out of her hair. ...
— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States • Various


Words linked to "Comb out" :   slick, remove, neaten, sleek down, tease, get rid of, fluff, comb-out, slick down, groom


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