Synonyms for get rid of
get rid of

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1. get rid ofverb

   Synonyms:
   dismiss, lose, shed, drop

2. get rid ofverb

   to dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose

   I want to get rid of your influence over my life!

   Synonyms:
   lose, shed, drop, dismiss

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1. get rid of, removeverb

   dispose of

   "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"

   Synonyms:
   polish off, bump off, eliminate, take away, withdraw, abolish, dispatch, absent, remove, slay, move out, off, murder, extinguish, hit, take, transfer, take out, do away with

2. extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away withverb

   terminate, end, or take out

   "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

   Synonyms:
   stub out, eliminate, press out, blow out, rule out, wipe out, abolish, remove, decimate, obviate, winnow out, carry off, egest, crush out, annihilate, extinguish, pass, reject, snuff out, excrete, rid of, quench, do away with, eradicate

3. abolish, get rid ofverb

   do away with

   "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

   Synonyms:
   abolish, extinguish, remove, eliminate, do away with

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1. expulse

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. get rid of

   Synonyms:
   dispose of, shift off, cast off

2. get rid of

   Synonyms:
   be freed from, be relieved from, get clear of, get quit of

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1. Don Samuels:

   If those people who are saying, ‘get rid of the police,’ would say, ‘you know what, we’re going to come in and we’re going to become a part of this community. We’re going to give our hard-earned income to shop in this community. We’re going to mentor kids in this community,’ now you’re talking, but you can’t just say, let’s get rid of the police and then live these other social deficiencies or problems in place.

2. Kevin Hewison:

   If they go the nuclear option and get rid of one of the parties, entirely dissolve them, then I think you may see people getting really, really, really upset.

3. Paddy Pimblett:

   There’s a stigma in this world that men can’t talk. … Listen, if you’re a man, and you’ve got weight on your shoulders, and if you think the only way you can solve it is by killing yourself, please speak to someone, speak to anyone. People would rather … I know I would rather have my mate cry on my shoulder than go to his funeral next week. So, please, let’s get rid of the stigma and men start talking.

4. Tim Ryan:

   People want to pick up the phone and be able to have a police officer respond. Of course, you got to get rid of bad cops, but we need more good cops, and we need better paid cops.

5. Walter S. Robertson:

   The only way to get rid of responsibilities is to discharge them.