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getting rid of

getting rid of is the present participle and gerund of get rid of.

Meaning of get rid of

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.

Questions about getting rid of

What is getting rid of the present participle and gerund of?
Getting rid of is the present participle and gerund of get rid of.

Words near getting rid of in the dictionary

  1. getting past oneself
  2. getting physical
  3. getting ready
  4. getting real
  5. getting religion
  6. getting rid of
  7. getting right
  8. getting right down to cases
  9. getting right into it
  10. getting round
  11. getting round to

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