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rid 1 [ rid ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), rid or rid·ded, rid·ding.
to clear, disencumber, or free of something objectionable (usually followed by of ): I want to rid the house of mice. In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.
to relieve or disembarrass (usually followed by of ): to rid the mind of doubt.
Archaic . to deliver or rescue: to rid them out of bondage; to rid him from his enemies.
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Idioms about rid be rid of , to be free of or no longer encumbered by: to be rid of obligations.
get rid of , to eliminate or discard: It's time we got rid of this trash.
Origin of rid 1 1150–1200; Middle English ridden (v.), Old English (ge )ryddan to clear (land); cognate with Old Norse rythja to clear, empty
OTHER WORDS FROM rid ridder, noun
Words nearby rid Ricoeur ,
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[ rid ] SHOW IPA
/ rɪd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb Archaic .
a simple past tense and past participle of ride . Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2022
Words related to rid clear ,
eliminate ,
eradicate ,
liberate ,
purge ,
relieve ,
unload ,
abolish ,
deliver ,
disabuse ,
disburden ,
disembarrass ,
disencumber ,
dump ,
eject ,
expel ,
exterminate ,
extinguish ,
extirpate ,
fire
How to use rid in a sentence We know from history that trying to get rid of them won’t work.
Steven Bradford, a Democrat from Gardena, told the Assembly Judiciary Committee Wednesday that there are mechanisms for getting rid of bad politicians, doctors, lawyers — but not the people with legal authority to commit force and take lives.
As a result of that legal effort, though, Solana Beach could soon become the second city in North County to voluntarily get rid of its illegal email retention policy.
While it’s efficient for sales teams to sell a suite of products, decentralizing gets rid of the expertise.
That made Carson and his colleagues wonder if getting rid of the suppressor cells could create an environment for checkpoint blockers to work better.
“I sense that mobile games are starting to shed their skin, getting rid of all the dead things they carry around,” he says.
In fact, there is still a lot to do to rid the entire world of gay inequality.
Meanwhile advocacy groups like GLAAD help rid our larger culture of hidden biases and bigotry.
“He was talking about getting rid of Savannah two weeks off her maternity leave,” says the NBC News type.
“The Americans were a tool, used by the Safis in the Pech to rid them of their competition in the timber trade,” Zalwar Khan said.
I shall only be away for six months; you know I have made up my mind to get rid of the whole bag of tricks.
But I couldn't get rid of the notion that he would hand me out the same dose he had given MacRae if only he had the power.
To get rid of our lamentations, the captain launched out in praises of the charming little town, and had us conveyed to land.
The English authorities expressly allege a deliberate purpose on Bruce's part to rid himself of his rival.
That Gilly run'd away, to get rid on ye, an' went an' listed for a soger, an' be gone to forin parts.
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British Dictionary definitions for rid
verb rids , ridding , rid or ridded (tr)
(foll by of) to relieve or deliver from something disagreeable or undesirable; make free (of) to rid a house of mice
get rid of to relieve or free oneself of (something or someone unpleasant or undesirable)
Derived forms of rid ridder , noun Word Origin for rid C13 (meaning: to clear land): from Old Norse rythja ; related to Old High German riutan to clear land
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