rid (someone or something) of
phrasal verb
rid (someone or something) of; ridding (someone or something) of; rids (someone or something) of
: to cause (someone or something) to no longer have or be affected by (someone or something unwanted)
The police are trying to rid the town of drug dealers.
rid the garden of pests
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True, getting rid of just a spoonful of absinthe isn’t a huge reinvention, but that lack of the spirit’s strong flavors lets the marschino really shine in the Fancy Free.
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
Related article Meta is getting rid of fact checkers.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Thanks to the good people at Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Salesforce - and a bunch of up and coming startups - small and mid-sized companies can now begin to harness the power of AI to get rid of all those workers.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Many liberals and progressives were happy enough to get rid of the Communists, who had always been secretive, dogmatic, and, in general, hard to deal with.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 Mar. 2025
Related article Meta is getting rid of fact checkers.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Thanks to the good people at Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Salesforce - and a bunch of up and coming startups - small and mid-sized companies can now begin to harness the power of AI to get rid of all those workers.
—Gene Marks, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
Many liberals and progressives were happy enough to get rid of the Communists, who had always been secretive, dogmatic, and, in general, hard to deal with.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Rid (someone or something) of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rid%20%28someone%20or%20something%29%20of. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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