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was rid of

was rid of is the simple past of be rid of.

Meaning of be rid of

Verb

be rid of (third-person singular simple present is rid of, present participle being rid of, simple past was rid of, past participle been rid of)

  1. (informal) To be free of or released from a troublesome or undesirable person or object.

Questions about was rid of

What is was rid of the simple past of?
Was rid of is the simple past of be rid of.

Words near was rid of in the dictionary

  1. was onto
  2. was out for
  3. was part of life's rich pageant
  4. was part of life's rich pattern
  5. was part of life's rich tapestry
  6. was rid of
  7. was right
  8. was scepter
  9. was scepters
  10. was sceptre
  11. was sceptres

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Adapted from Wiktionary: was rid of (page history and authors); be rid of (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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