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Phrase(s): *rid of someone or something
free of someone or something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) • I’m trying to get rid of Mr. Smith. He’s bothering me. • I’ll be happy when I get rid of my old car., Phrase(s): rid oneself or something of someone or something
to free oneself or something of someone or something; to deliver oneself or something from someone or something. • The boys were not clever enough to rid themselves of Tom’s little sister. • Will we ever be able to rid this house of spiders?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs