'get rid of' definitions:
Definition of 'get rid of'
(from WordNet)
verb
Dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" [syn: get rid of, remove]
verb
Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts" [syn: extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with]
verb
Synonyms of 'get rid of'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandon,
- abjure,
- abstract,
- assassinate,
- cast,
- cast aside,
- cast away,
- cast off,
- cast out,
- cede,
- chuck,
- clear,
- clear away,
- clear out,
- clear the decks,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- cut short,
- deep-six,
- deport,
- discard,
- disgorge,
- dispel,
- dispense with,
- dispose of,
- ditch,
- do away with,
- do without,
- drop,
- dump,
- eighty-six,
- eject,
- elide,
- eliminate,
- end,
- eradicate,
- escape,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- exterminate,
- finish,
- finish off,
- fling off,
- forgo,
- forswear,
- get along without,
- get clear of,
- get free of,
- get out of,
- get quit of,
- get shut of,
- give away,
- give up,
- have done with,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- kill,
- kiss good-bye,
- liquidate,
- make a sacrifice,
- make away with,
- murder,
- nip,
- outlaw,
- part with,
- pick out,
- purge,
- put paid to,
- quitclaim,
- recant,
- reject,
- relinquish,
- remove,
- render up,
- renounce,
- resign,
- retract,
- root out,
- root up,
- sacrifice,
- shake off,
- shoo,
- slaughter,
- slough,
- spare,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- surrender,
- swear off,
- take off,
- throw away,
- throw off,
- throw out,
- throw over,
- throw overboard,
- throw up,
- to,
- toss overboard,
- vacate,
- waive,
- weed out,
- yield