Definitions for get rid of
get rid of

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. get rid of, removeverb

   dispose of

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

2. extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away withverb

   terminate, end, or take out

   "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

3. abolish, get rid ofverb

   do away with

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. get rid ofverb

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

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1. get rid of

   To eliminate, remove, or discard something from a particular place or situation. This can apply to both tangible objects and intangible concepts, like emotions or problems.

Matched Categories

1. • Destroy

How to pronounce get rid of?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of get rid of in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of get rid of in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of get rid of in a Sentence

1. Corey Slovis:

   More commonly, and what was seen in this case is the classic heat stroke -- passive heat stroke -- where people become increasingly dehydrated, we normally get rid of excess body heat by sweating and we evaporate and we lose heat via evaporation.

2. Dansby Swanson:

   He’s really good. This postseason he’s been unbelievable. He’s obviously got great stuff, in that moment, I think the compete factor is what kinda went through the roof. This game, it’s so funny, it can be such a challenging game. It can be so hard and we can get so caught up in results, and we can get so caught up in everything else, but the real thing that matters is playing the game to win and competing to win. I feel like that’s where I went. It’s like, you know what? Let’s get rid of everything else and let’s just compete and … something amazing happened.

3. Jennifer Garrison:

   It's not a moon shot -- a moon shot would be to get rid of menopause altogether.

4. Neil Levesque:

   The primary originated because we wanted to get rid of what was essentially a caucus, we wanted to give power to the people. That is a tradition that still holds true today –the primary is about the people.

5. Don Samuels:

   If those people who are saying, ‘get rid of the police,’ would say, ‘you know what, we’re going to come in and we’re going to become a part of this community. We’re going to give our hard-earned income to shop in this community. We’re going to mentor kids in this community,’ now you’re talking, but you can’t just say, let’s get rid of the police and then live these other social deficiencies or problems in place.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=get rid of
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Get_Rid_of
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com