get rid of in English dictionary

  • get rid of

    Meanings and definitions of "get rid of"

    • (transitive) to remove, or dispose of, or abolish something
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose
    • to remove
    • brush or thrust aside
    • To remove or get rid of, as being in some way undesirable.
    • verb
      dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
    • verb
      do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
    • verb
      terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

    Synonyms of "get rid of" in English dictionary

    destroy, remove, abolish are the top synonyms of "get rid of" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "get rid of" in English dictionary

    establish is the antonym of "get rid of" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of get rid of

    • to get rid of
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