Usually means: Distinguish mature from immature individuals.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word separate the men from the boys:

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  1. separate the men from the boys: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. separate the men from the boys: Merriam-Webster
  3. separate the men from the boys: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. separate the men from the boys: Collins English Dictionary
  5. separate the men from the boys: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. separate the men from the boys: Wiktionary

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  1. separate the men from the boys: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. separate the men from the boys: Encyclopedia

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  1. separate the men from the boys: Medical dictionary

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  1. separate the men from the boys: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (separate the men from the boys)

verb:  To identify (by means of a challenge or ordeal) which of a group of males are mature, courageous or masculine, and which are not.

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