English verb: get rid of | |||
1. | get rid of (possession) dispose of | ||
Samples | Get rid of these old shoes!. The company got rid of all the dead wood. | ||
Synonyms | remove | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cast aside, cast away, cast out, chuck out, comb out, cull, de-aerate, deaerate, decaffeinate, decarbonate, decerebrate, dechlorinate, defat, defibrinate, degrease, deionize, delist, delocalize, deoxygenate, destain, desulfurize, desulphurize, detick, devein, discard, dispose, ditch, dump, fettle, flense, flesh, fling, kern, pith, put away, scum, slough off, throw away, throw out, toss, toss away, toss out, unbridle, unmuzzle, weed out, work off | ||
2. | get rid of (change) terminate, end, or take out | ||
Samples | Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics. Socialism extinguished these archaic customs. Eliminate my debts. | ||
Synonyms | do away with, eliminate, extinguish | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cancel out, cut, cut out, decouple, decouple, drown, except, exclude, extinguish, knock out, leave off, leave out, obliterate, omit, prune, rationalise, rationalize, snuff out, take out, wipe out | ||
3. | get rid of (social) do away with | ||
Samples | Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia. | ||
Synonyms | abolish | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abrogate, cashier | ||
Antonyms | establish, found, launch, set up | ||