screen sb out

screen sb out
UK US screen sb out
Phrasal Verb with screen({{}}/skriːn/ verb [T]
HR to not accept someone because checks show that they are not suitable to do a job: »

We quickly screened out over a hundred candidates.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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