Get Rid Of (Verb)

Meaning ¹

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

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

• Remove

Hyponyms

• Chuck Out
• Cast Out
• Throw Away
• Desulphurize
• Toss
• Comb Out
• Throw Out
• Fling
• Put Away
• Cast Away
• De-aerate
• Cast Aside
• Ditch
• Toss Out
• Dispose
• Toss Away

Meaning ²

Do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia".

Classification

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Synonyms

• Abolish

Hyponyms

• Cashier
• Abrogate

Meaning ³

Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Eliminate
• Extinguish
• Do Away With

Hypernyms

• Destroy
• Destruct

Hyponyms

• Take Out
• Wipe Out
• Leave Off
• Cancel Out
• Snuff Out
• Extinguish
• Obliterate
• Except
• Omit
• Rationalise
• Decouple
• Prune
• Drown
• Exclude
• Cut
• Knock Out
• Cut Out