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Princeton's WordNet

  1. obviate, rid of, eliminateverb

    do away with

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  1. rid of

    To "get rid of" something typically means to remove, eliminate, or dispose of it. It's a phrase used when you no longer want or need something, or if something is causing a problem or inconvenience and you want it to stop or to go away. "Rid of" might refer to tangible objects, unwanted conditions, feelings, or abstract concepts.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rid of in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rid of in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of rid of in a Sentence

  1. Ronny Jackson:

    There's something seriously going on with this man right now, and, you know, I think that he's either going to resign, they're going to convince him to resign from office at some point in the near future for medical issues or they're going to have to use the 25th Amendment to get rid of this man right now.

  2. Alexander Hamilton:

    [T]here is a wide difference between closing the door altogether and throwing it entirely open; between a postponement of fourteen years and an immediate admission to all the rights of citizenship. Some reasonable term ought to be allowed to enable aliens to get rid of foreign and acquire American attachments; to learn the principles and imbibe the spirit of our government; and to admit of at least a probability of their feeling a real interest in our affairs.

  3. Mike Coffman:

    Young men who don't register for the selective service are still penalized by the U.S. government, we need to get rid of this mean-spirited and outdated system and trust that if the need should arise, Americans -- both male and female -- will answer the call to defend our nation.

  4. Rob Murphy:

    All you have to do to get rid of an epidemic is to have The R-naught factor be less than one. As soon as it's less than one -- each person gives it to less than one other person -- it dies off, the problem with The R-naught factor is, it's very nice to describe the average. However, in medicine, as in many things, if you find an average person let me know ; I want to go meet them.

  5. Mao Daqing:

    Policies since September were favourable to mass buyers but home prices came down in Q4 because developers were slashing prices to meet target and get rid of inventory.

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