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rid
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- pronunciation:
- rId
- phrases:
- get rid of
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verb |
| inflections: |
rids, ridding, rid, ridded |
| definition: |
If you rid a place of things you don't want, you make those things go away somehow. If someone rids their house of mice, they make the mice go away. Then they don't have mice in their house anymore.
In the summer, Mark's dad always tries to rid his garden of insects that hurt his plants.Olivia tried to rid herself of her fear of snakes by touching her friend's snake and watching how her friend played with it.- synonyms:
- clear, free
- similar words:
- purify, relieve
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| phrase: |
get rid of |
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