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Get rid of has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

dispose of

"Get rid of these old shoes!"

"The company got rid of all the dead wood"

2

terminate, end, or take out

"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"

"Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"

"eliminate my debts"

3

do away with

"Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

4

to rid oneself of; dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose

Example Sentences
"Get rid of these old shoes!" verb
"The company got rid of all the dead wood" verb
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" verb
"Socialism extinguished these archaic customs" verb
"eliminate my debts" verb
"Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" verb
See Also
drop clear away doff mop up sleep off dispose shake abolish
Related Terms
Antonyms
set up
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
destroy
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
discard slough off weed out work off cull dump unmuzzle deaerate decaffeinate decarbonate decerebrate dechlorinate defat defibrinate degrease deionize delist delocalize deoxygenate destain desulfurize detick devein fettle flesh flense kern pith scum unbridle cancel out decouple obliterate knock out drown cut out cut snuff out exclude cashier abrogate
Rhyming Words
as of two of end of one of out of way of off of set of all of day of act of son of lot of sort of tune of tire of kind of care of feel of best of
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