Definition of get rid of Get rid of
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| get rid of - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" | ||
| remove | ||
| cast aside, toss away, toss out, discard, cast away, chuck out, cast out, throw away, fling, dispose, throw out, toss, put away throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" | ||
| slough off separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion | ||
| weed out, comb out remove unwanted elements; "The company weeded out the incompetent people"; "The new law weeds out the old inequities" | ||
| work off cause to go away through effort or work; "work off the extra pounds you have gained over the holidays"; "we must work off the debt" | ||
| cull remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick members of the herd" | ||
| ditch, dump crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane" | ||
| unmuzzle remove the muzzle from (a dog) | ||
| de-aerate, deaerate remove air or gas from | ||
| decaffeinate remove caffeine from (coffee) | ||
| decarbonate remove carbon dioxide from | ||
| decerebrate remove the cerebrum from (a human body) | ||
| dechlorinate remove chlorine from (water) | ||
| defat remove the fat from | ||
| defibrinate remove fibrin from (blood) | ||
| degrease remove grease or oil from (a pan) | ||
| deionize remove ions from | ||
| delist remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange | ||
| delocalize remove from the proper or usual locality | ||
| deoxygenate remove oxygen from (water) | ||
| destain remove stain from (a laboratory specimen) to enhance contrast | ||
| desulfurize, desulphurize remove sulfur from | ||
| detick free (a pet) of ticks | ||
| devein remove the dark dorsal vein of (a shrimp) | ||
| fettle remove mold marks or sand from (a casting) | ||
| flesh remove adhering flesh from (hides) when preparing leather manufacture | ||
| flense strip the blubber or skin from (a whale or seal) | ||
| kern remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters) | ||
| pith remove the pith from (a plant) | ||
| scum remove the scum from | ||
| unbridle remove the bridle from (a horse or mule) | ||
| get rid of - terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" | ||
| extinguish, eliminate, do away with | ||
| destruct, destroy destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had to destruct the rocket for safety reasons" | ||
| cancel out, wipe out wipe out the effect of something; "The new tax effectively cancels out my raise"; "The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record" | ||
| decouple reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) | ||
| decouple reduce or eliminate the coupling of (one circuit or part to another) | ||
| obliterate remove completely from recognition or memory; "efface the memory of the time in the camps" | ||
| knock out destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out" | ||
| drown die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" | ||
| cut out cease operating; "The pump suddenly cut out" | ||
| prune, rationalise, rationalize, cut remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized" | ||
| snuff out, extinguish put an end to; kill; "The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children" | ||
| except, leave out, omit, leave off, exclude, take out stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" | ||
| get rid of - do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" | ||
| abolish | ||
| found, launch, establish, set up smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster" | ||
| cashier discharge with dishonor, as in the army | ||
| abrogate revoke formally | ||
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get rid of
To remove or get rid of, as being in some way undesirable.
