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thin the herd

verb

Definitions

  1. to cull, to reduce the size of a group

    • “If we have a chance, catch one of them out alone, we'll take it, thin the herd a little.” Harv snorted. “Herd? A cripple, a woman, and a coward. No herd to thin there. I'd like to keep that woman alive for a while, though.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thin, the, herd.

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