get rid of, v.
freq. cnt. 10
freq. cnt. 10
dispose of
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 4
get rid of remove
sample sentences
"Get rid of these old shoes!""The company got rid of all the dead wood"
verb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
throw away, discard, dispose, throw out, toss away, cast aside, toss, put away, fling, toss out, chuck out, cast out, cast away
slough off
weed out, comb out
work off
cull
dump, ditch
unmuzzle
deaerate, de-aerate
decaffeinate
decarbonate
decerebrate
dechlorinate
defat
defibrinate
degrease
deionize
delist
delocalize
deoxygenate
destain
desulfurize, desulphurize
detick
devein
fettle
flesh
flense
kern
pith
scum
unbridle
terminate, end, or take out
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 44 freq. cnt.: 40 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
do away with eliminate extinguish get rid of
sample sentences
"Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics""Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"
"eliminate my debts"
verb frames
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verb frames
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verb frames
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verb frames
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
do away with
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 9
abolish get rid of
sample sentences
"Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"verb frames
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