get rid of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to make yourself free of sb / sth that is annoying you or that you do not want; to throw sth away

In the movies · 158

• I knew it was up to me. I had to get rid of her for him.Gilda1946
• Petrie, spike, ducky, help!The Land Before Time1988
• There is no hope unless I can get rid of Clouseau.A Shot in the Dark1964
• Get rid of Gary, get rid of SpongeBob.The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run2020
• Get rid of him.xXx: State of the Union2005
• Get rid of it!The Longest Yard2005
• ...to get rid of....The Number 232007
• and get rid of AbigailThe Favourite2018

Learn it in full scenes

• A Shot in the Dark1964
  • Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen
  • Clouseau Interrogates Maria
  • Dreyfus Takes Over the Case

From the same entry

• be rid of
• want rid of
• rid of
• rid yourself of
• be riding for a fall
• be riding high
• let ride
• ride the crest of
• ride herd on
• ride shotgun
• ride a wave of
• if wishes were horses, beggars would ride

More idioms

• right away
• in time
• ever since
• take it easy
• make sense
• at the end of the day
• here you go
• at first
• you have no idea
• just a minute
• if you don't mind
• at once