be rid of
idiom
: to no longer have or be affected or bothered by (someone or something that is unwanted or annoying)
He thought he'd never be rid of her.
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Who would not want to be rid of Chicago Parking Meters LLC and any successors?
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
This is why these biases are so intractable, despite the conscious intentions many of us have to be rid of them.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
The roundtable at the end of episode five turned into a battle of wills and words with Michael trying to alliterate his way into taking out Colton and Colton expressing what increasingly appeared to be the will of the entire cast to be rid of Michael once and for all.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
So many seem eager to be rid of the labors of thought and expression—the very labors that define them as free and autonomous human beings—by ceding them to generative artificial intelligence.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
This is why these biases are so intractable, despite the conscious intentions many of us have to be rid of them.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
The roundtable at the end of episode five turned into a battle of wills and words with Michael trying to alliterate his way into taking out Colton and Colton expressing what increasingly appeared to be the will of the entire cast to be rid of Michael once and for all.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2026
So many seem eager to be rid of the labors of thought and expression—the very labors that define them as free and autonomous human beings—by ceding them to generative artificial intelligence.
—Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Be rid of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20rid%20of. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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