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. Sara Gottfried:

   The important thing is to realize we all get exposed to endocrine disrupters, [which are] these artificial chemicals that are in plastics. We get exposed to them in a lot of different ways-- receipts that you get at your local store often are coded with bisphenol A (BPA), which acts on your testosterone levels. So in women it tends to make you raise your testosterone, and in men it tends to lower your testosterone. So, this acts as an endocrine disrupter, and we want to stop that war that’s happening in the body and get rid of those toxins.

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

   Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.

3. Sebastian Kurz:

   The opposition always had the goal to get rid of Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. And today, they succeeded, i ask you to recognize this decision, it's a democratic decision and there is no room for anger, sadness or hatred.

4. Donald Trump:

   They used to call it NAFTA, we're going to call it the United States-Mexico trade agreement. We're going to get rid of NAFTA because it has a bad connotation.

5. Kathleen Norris:

   Before you begin a thing, remind yourself that difficulties and delays quite impossible to foresee are ahead. If you could see them clearly, naturally you could do a great deal to get rid of them but you can't. You can only see one thing clearly and that is your goal. Form a mental vision of that and cling to it through thick and thin.