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get rid of

/ɡɛt ɹɪd ʌv/

get rid of verb: to rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from.

Verb

get rid of (third-person singular simple present gets rid of, present participle getting rid of, simple past got rid of, past participle (UK) got rid of or (US) gotten rid of)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from.
    • Over the weekend he spent some time getting rid of the clothes he no longer wears.
    • I want to get rid of your influence over my life!

get rid of meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Arabic

get rid of in Tamil

ஒழி, தட்டிக்கழி

get rid of in Malayalam

throw away, throw out, dispose of
ഒഴിച്ചുവിടുക, ഒഴിവാക്കുക, ഒഴിക്കുക, കളയുക, വലിച്ചെറിയുക, തോട്ടിലെറിയുക
eliminate, destroy, annihilate
ദൂരീകരിക്കുക, നശിപ്പിക്കുക, ഇല്ലാതാക്കുക, ഉന്മൂലനം ചെയ്യുക, ഒഴിവാക്കുക, ഇല്ലായ്മ ചെയ്യുക

get rid of in Kannada

ನೀಗು

get rid of in Arabic

to rid (oneself) of
تَخَلَّصَ ... مِن taḵallaṣa ... min

Examples of get rid of in a sentence

  • As she goes, you have a wash yourself, and although you will have to change your clothes to get rid of all the coal-dust, you are glad of soap and water and take it easy at last.1956 February, W. A. Tuplin, “Hot Work on a "Star"”, in Railway Magazine, page 94:
  • When I saw the opportunity to get rid of them, I took it.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel after Sacrifice of the Council:
  • GET RID OF THAT PESTIFEROUS HUNK OF JUNK!2016, Mau Heymans, Kirsten De Graaff, translated by Dwight Decker, “Late-Night Larceny”, in Donald Duck: Timeless Tales (Disney Comics)...
  • There wasn't really a pressure to get rid of them.2025 October 29, James Steward tells Joe Campbell, “Thriving on the stock exchange”, in RAIL, number 1047, page 45:

Synonyms of get rid of

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Forms of get rid of

third-person singular presentgets rid of
present participlegetting rid of
pastgot rid of
past participle UKgot rid of
past participle USgotten rid of
alternative formget ridda

Questions about get rid of

What does get rid of mean?
Get rid of means to rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from.
What is get rid of in Tamil?
Get rid of in Tamil is ஒழி, தட்டிக்கழி. See Get rid of meaning in Tamil.
How do you use get rid of in a sentence?
As she goes, you have a wash yourself, and although you will have to change your clothes to get rid of all the coal-dust, you are glad of soap and water and take it easy at last.
What part of speech is get rid of?
Get rid of is a verb.
How do you pronounce get rid of?
Get rid of is pronounced /ɡɛt ɹɪd ʌv/.
What is the past tense of get rid of?
The past tense of get rid of is got rid of.

Words near get rid of in the dictionary

  1. get real
  2. get rekt
  3. get religion
  4. get rich quicker
  5. get rich quickers
  6. get rid of
  7. get rid off
  8. get ridda
  9. get ride of
  10. get right
  11. get right down to cases

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: get rid of (page history and authors); get rid of (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); get rid of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); get rid of (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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