Usage of "get rid of"

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To remove or get rid of, as being in some way undesirable.

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Do away with.

Synonyms

Examples for "eliminate"

A deal would not eliminate violence, the Brussels-based International Crisis Group said. 
 Reuters 

You can use technology as far as possible to eliminate human error. 
 The Irish Times 

But that will not eliminate risk of future crises, the report said. 
 Reuters 

Taking it with food will help, but it won't eliminate the problem. 
 Prescription alternatives: hundreds of safe, natural, prescripti... 

Vision Zero: has the drive to eliminate road deaths lost its way? 
 The Guardian 

The best way would be to extinguish the desire for nuclear weapons. 
 The new yorker 

Tracking the virus hunters who race to understand and extinguish new pathogens. 
 BBC 

These kinds of fires are often impossible to extinguish using conventional tactics. 
 Radio NZ 

Thankfully, law enforcement arrived on the scene rapidly to extinguish the fire. 
 The South African 

This enlightenment importuned him; he tried to extinguish it and could not. 
 Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 1... 

Do n't you understand, they'll do away with him; the police, I mean. 
 The stranger 

But it may be easier for animals to do away with themselves.' 
 Depths 

I might do away with child abuse first-butyou get the idea. 
 The game on! diet: kick your friend's butt while shrinking your ... 

We would be able to do away with almost all traffic jams. 
 Wired 

The mission of the skin food is to do away with wrinkles. 
 The Woman Beautiful; or, The Art of Beauty Culture 

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Dispose of.

Usage of get rid of in English

The government should just get rid of the process, Ms Callaghan said. 
 Radio NZ 

It'd be nice to get rid of social media for a year. 
 News.com.au 

We ask him directly: does he want to get rid of McNicol? 
 The Guardian 

Tim wanted to get rid of this character as soon as possible. 
 In the night room: a novel 

Hopefully I'll know as soon as possible and get rid of it. 
 Reuters 

But of course there was no way to get rid of him. 
 Reuters 

A proposal for bosses to get rid of staff, no questions asked. 
 The Guardian 

So is there a way to just get rid of particular memories? 
 Wired 

So get rid of file trading, and the security issue goes away. 
 Wired 

Because you were supposed to get rid of her four years ago. 
 Money to burn: a novel of suspense 

The judge very readily acquiesces; anything to get rid of the fellow. 
 Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 

They'd ask for help, make a plan, and get rid of Wolf. 
 Shadow fall 

And they want to get rid of him after only a year. 
 The Guardian 

This wouldn't be a time to get rid of either, he said. 
 Reuters 

I wanted to get rid of a certain aspect of my character. 
 Girl, Interrupted 

Mr Biden did indeed push Ukraine to get rid of Mr Shokin. 
 News.com.au 

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Meanings of get rid of in English