comb-out

Definitions

1. An act of combing out hair.
   countable, uncountable
2. The identification and removal of someone or something.
   countable, idiomatic, informal, uncountable
3. The act of sorting out.
   countable, idiomatic, slang, uncountable

Examples

“McCann and I took ten men each and made a systematic comb-out of the Gardens. Every sniper we found we shot out of hand.”

“I’d like⟳ to see⟳ a good comb-out up there, to catch⟳ out these sort⟳ of people.”

“[…]we were stopped by ten police mobile[…]this was one of the periodic comb-outs of streets in which the police hoped to catch⟳ criminals unawares.”

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