get rid of

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get rid of

/ɡɛt ɹɪd ʌv/

verb gets rid of · getting rid of · got rid of · gotten rid of · get ridda

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.
Similar: dispense with, abolish, discard, dismiss, ditch, drop, lose, remove, shed, shuck, shake, junk

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verb to rid (oneself) of

Español	deshacerse / desfacerse / librarse de, quitarse, desembarazarse
한국어	제거하다 jegeohada
日本語	取り除く torinozoku, 片付ける katadukeru, 始末する shumatsu suru, 免れる manukareru
中文	擺脫 /摆脱 bǎituō, 清除 qīngchú, 除去 chúqù
Português	livrar-se de, desembaraçar-se de
Français	se débarrasser de, se défaire de
Deutsch	loswerden, entledigen
Italiano	sbarazzarsi, liberarsi, disfarsi, eliminare
Ελληνικά	γλιτώνω από glitóno apó, διώχνω dióchno
Română	se debarasa
Русский	избавля́ться izbavljátʹsja, изба́виться izbávitʹsja, выбра́сывать vybrásyvatʹ
العربية	تَخَلَّصَ ... مِن taḵallaṣa ... min
עברית	נפטר niftár

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@misc{get_rid_of_2026,
  title = {get rid of},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/get%20rid%20of},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}