Definition of get rid of

Definitions

Verb

dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

Verb

terminate, end, or take out; "Let''s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

Verb

do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

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Synonyms

abolish do away with eliminate extinguish remove

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More General Terms

destroy destruct

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More Specific Terms

abrogate cancel out cashier cast aside cast away cast out chuck out comb out cull cut cut out deaerate de-aerate decaffeinate decarbonate decerebrate dechlorinate decouple defat defibrinate degrease deionize delist delocalize deoxygenate destain desulfurize desulphurize detick devein discard dispose ditch drown dump except exclude extinguish fettle flense flesh fling kern knock out leave off leave out obliterate omit pith prune put away rationalise rationalize scum slough off snuff out take out throw away throw out toss toss away toss out unbridle unmuzzle weed out wipe out work off

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