get rid of

Idioms  

1. Also, be rid of. Eliminate, discard, or free oneself from. For example, It's time we got rid of these old newspapers, or He kept calling for months, but now we're finally rid of him. The first expression dates from the mid-1600s, the second from the 1400s. Also see get out of, def. 5.

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get rid of

But maybe the solution is to get rid of it, full stop?

From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Late in the evenings he would come to the house and we struggled to get rid of him," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“You have said that you would get rid of him before the Olympics. What worries me about that is, I don’t think you have any idea what it takes to identify a police chief.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Not everything you’ll get rid of can be rehomed easily — or even at all — and sale prices may be far less than what you paid.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“How long will it take you to get rid of the rest of the papers?” asked Nesson.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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