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get rid of en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ɡɛt ɹɪd ʌv/

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from.
   • Over the weekend he spent some time getting rid of the clothes he no longer wears.
   • March 23, 1727, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift to get rid of fools and scoundrels
   • Shepard: The Council was always holding us back. When I saw the opportunity to get rid of them, I took it. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel after Sacrifice of the Council:
   • Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham pulled no punches in March 20's Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds. He wants rid of Avanti West Coast. And he may yet get his way, although ministers in London are holding the line at the moment. 2024 April 3, Philip Haigh, “Discord over Avanti West Coast is part of a wider problem”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 52:
   • I want to get rid of your influence over my life!
   • GET RID OF THAT PESTIFEROUS HUNK OF JUNK! I CAN’T EVEN TAKE A NAP IN PEACE! 2016, Mau Heymans, Kirsten De Graaff, translated by Dwight Decker, “Late-Night Larceny”, in Donald Duck: Timeless Tales (Disney Comics), volume 2, San Diego, Calif.: IDW Publishing, →ISBN, page 151:
   • As she goes, you have a wash yourself, and although you will have to change your clothes to get rid of all the coal-dust, you are glad of soap and water and take it easy at last. 1956 February, W. A. Tuplin, “Hot Work on a "Star"”, in Railway Magazine, page 94:
   • "When it was all British Rail, if they had some redundant sidings, they would dump all their old trains. There wasn't really a pressure to get rid of them. Now, with private companies owning the sites, you have to pay to store vehicles. Nobody wants old vehicles sat around - they can be graffitied, vandalised - and so the onus really is to move them on. 2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 45:

Forms

Relateds

be rid of

Synonyms

discard · remove · discard · throw out · scrap · ditch · dismiss · chuck away · 86 · get rid of · cast off · shake · lose · drop · ditch · dispose of · junk · throw away · dump · can · jettison · bin · chuck out · cast aside · shuck · cast away · abolish · trash · pitch · dispense with · throw aside · chuck · shed · toss · shift

Translations (66)

cmn 擺脫 /摆脱 (to rid (oneself) of) · cs zbavit se (to rid (oneself) of) · es desembarazarse (to rid (oneself) of) · gd faigh cuidhteas (to rid (oneself) of) · pl pozbywać się (to rid (oneself) of) · ja 免れる (to rid (oneself) of) · uk позба́витися (to rid (oneself) of) · sq heq qafe (to rid (oneself) of) · nl verwerpen (to rid (oneself) of) · de entledigen (to rid (oneself) of) · ja 始末する (to rid (oneself) of) · ca desempallegar-se de (to rid (oneself) of) · nl afkomen van (to rid (oneself) of) · ja 取り除く (to rid (oneself) of) · it sbarazzarsi (to rid (oneself) of) · el διώχνω (to rid (oneself) of) · is losna við (to rid (oneself) of) · uk позбавля́тися (to rid (oneself) of) · ru изба́виться (to rid (oneself) of) · da blive af med (to rid (oneself) of) · ru выбра́сывать (to rid (oneself) of) · fi heittää pois (to rid (oneself) of) · ga cuir díot (to rid (oneself) of) · es quitarse (to rid (oneself) of) · it eliminare (to rid (oneself) of) · fi hankkiutua eroon (to rid (oneself) of) · ca desfer-se de (to rid (oneself) of) · ro se debarasa (to rid (oneself) of) · he נפטר (to rid (oneself) of) · pdc aawaerre (to rid (oneself) of) · pt desembaraçar-se de (to rid (oneself) of) · uk позбу́тися (to rid (oneself) of) · bg отказвам се от (to rid (oneself) of) · it liberarsi (to rid (oneself) of) · ru избавля́ться (to rid (oneself) of) · ja 片付ける (to rid (oneself) of) · el γλιτώνω από (to rid (oneself) of) · sh otarasiti se (to rid (oneself) of) · fr se défaire de (to rid (oneself) of) · be зба́віцца (to rid (oneself) of) · cmn 除去 (to rid (oneself) of) · no bli kvitt (to rid (oneself) of) · uk звільни́тися (to rid (oneself) of) · eo forigi (to rid (oneself) of) · fi päästä eroon (to rid (oneself) of) · sv göra sig av med (to rid (oneself) of) · de loswerden (to rid (oneself) of) · sq gultoj (to rid (oneself) of) · uk позбува́тися (to rid (oneself) of) · fi hylätä (to rid (oneself) of) · pt livrar-se de (to rid (oneself) of) · uk звільня́тися (to rid (oneself) of) · tr kurtulmak (to rid (oneself) of) · sv bli av med (to rid (oneself) of) · hu megszabadul (to rid (oneself) of) · be збаўля́цца (to rid (oneself) of) · ca esbandir-se (to rid (oneself) of) · gv rey y gheddyn rish (to rid (oneself) of) · it disfarsi (to rid (oneself) of) · pl pozbyć się (to rid (oneself) of) · ko 제거하다 (to rid (oneself) of) · cmn 清除 (to rid (oneself) of) · fr se débarrasser de (to rid (oneself) of) · bg изба́вям се (to rid (oneself) of) · es deshacerse / desfacerse / librarse de (to rid (oneself) of) · ar تَخَلَّصَ ... مِن (to rid (oneself) of)