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Noun comb-out has 2 senses

comb-out, teasing - the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb
--₁ is a kind of comb, combing

Derived form: verb comb out₂
comb-out - the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people; "the department got a good comb-out"
--₂ is a kind of disposal, disposition

Derived form: verb comb out₁

Verb comb-out has 2 senses

weed out, comb out - remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities"
--₁ is one way to get rid of, remove

Derived form: noun comb-out₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
comb, comb out, disentangle - smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair before dinner"; "comb the wool"
--₂ is one way to groom, neaten

Derived form: noun comb-out₁
Sample sentence:
They comb out their hair