rid
/rɪd/ adjDefinition
get rid of something B1 to throw something away: We have to get rid of some of those old books.
get rid of something › to end something unpleasant: I can’t get rid of this headache.
(Definition of rid adj from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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