get rid of
Verb
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Verb
get rid of
- (transitive, idiom) to dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose
- I want to get rid of your influence over my life!
- March 23, 1727, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- to get rid of fools and scoundrels
- dismiss
- drop
- lose
- shed
- See also Thesaurus:junk
- be rid of
- French: débarrasser, défaire
- German: loswerden, abschaffen
- Italian: eliminare, sbarazzar, liberarsi
- Portuguese: livrar, desembaraçar (less common)
- Russian: избавля́ться
- Spanish: deshacerse, quitar, desembarazarse
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