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                            Phrase(s): cull someone or something out of something [and] cull someone or something out 
to eliminate someone or something from a group.  •  We will cull the older pigeons out from the flock.  •  They culled out the slower runners from the team.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs