Definition of Get Rid Of in English :

Define Get Rid Of in English

Get Rid Of meaning in English

Meaning of Get Rid Of in English

Pronunciation of Get Rid Of in English

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Get Rid Of

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Verb

1. get rid of, remove

dispose of

Example Sentences:
'Get rid of these old shoes!'
'The company got rid of all the dead wood'

2. do away with, eliminate, extinguish, get rid of

terminate, end, or take out

Example Sentences:
'Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics'
'Socialism extinguished these archaic customs'
'eliminate my debts'

3. abolish, get rid of

do away with

Example Sentences:
'Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Get Rid Of

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to relieve or free oneself of (something or someone unpleasant or undesirable)

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Get Rid Of

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1. 
to get free from or relieved of (something undesirable)
2. 
to do away with; destroy; kill

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Get Rid Of

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tr.v. rid or rid·ded, rid·ding, rids
To cause (someone) to be free from something; relieve or disencumber: He was finally able to rid himself of all financial worries.

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