filter out

verb — 2 senses

filter out

verb

1

To selectively remove part of something.

The sieve will filter out large rocks and grains of sand.
The brain automatically filters out useless information.

2

To come out gradually (e.g. news).

The story of last winter's unprecedented snowstorms in Great Britain is slowly filtering out.1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 177:

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