get rid of

idiom

: to do something so as to no longer have or be affected or bothered by (something or someone that is unwanted)

It's time to get rid of this old sweater.

I can't seem to get rid of this cold.

He stayed on talking and talking. She finally got rid of him by saying she had to make dinner.

Examples of get rid of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Learn how and where to get rid of your old batteries this holiday season. —Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 9 Dec. 2025

Learn how to get rid of your credit card debt for less. —Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025

This is one of the big insights to understand that today, people who are being arrested, detained, deported, the legal foundation of that goes back to a very dark chapter in American history, which is in the 1890s when there were demands to get rid of Chinese people. —Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025

Pittsburgh is not likely to get rid of Tomlin. —James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for get rid of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove