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get rid of

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  • verb transitive to dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb do away with
  • verb dispose of
  • verb terminate, end, or take out

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synonyms (107)

Words with the same meaning

  1. abandon
  2. abjure
  3. abstract
  4. assassinate
  5. cast
  6. cast aside
  7. cast away
  8. cast off
  9. cast out
  10. cede
  11. chuck
  12. clear
  13. clear away
  14. clear out
  15. clear the decks
  16. cut off
  17. cut out
  18. cut short
  19. deep-six
  20. deport
  21. discard
  22. disgorge
  23. dismiss
  24. dispel
  25. dispense with
  26. dispose of
  27. ditch
  28. do away with
  29. do without
  30. drop
  31. dump
  32. eighty-six
  33. eject
  34. elide
  35. eliminate
  36. end
  37. eradicate
  38. escape
  39. exile
  40. expatriate
  41. expel
  42. exterminate
  43. finish
  44. finish off
  45. fling off
  46. forgo
  47. forswear
  48. get along without
  49. get clear of
  50. get free of
  51. get out of
  52. get quit of
  53. get shut of
  54. give away
  55. give up
  56. have done with
  57. jettison
  58. jilt
  59. junk
  60. kill
  61. kiss good-bye
  62. liquidate
  63. lose
  64. make a sacrifice
  65. make away with
  66. murder
  67. nip
  68. outlaw
  69. part with
  70. pick out
  71. purge
  72. put paid to
  73. quitclaim
  74. recant
  75. reject
  76. relinquish
  77. remove
  78. render up
  79. renounce
  80. resign
  81. retract
  82. root out
  83. root up
  84. sacrifice
  85. shake off
  86. shed
  87. shoo
  88. slaughter
  89. slough
  90. spare
  91. strike off
  92. strike out
  93. surrender
  94. swear off
  95. take off
  96. throw away
  97. throw off
  98. throw out
  99. throw over
  100. throw overboard
  101. throw up
  102. to
  103. toss overboard
  104. vacate
  105. waive
  106. weed out
  107. yield

hyponyms (48)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. abrogate
  2. cashier
  3. cast aside
  4. cast out
  5. castaway
  6. chuck out
  7. comb out
  8. cull
  9. de-aerate
  10. deaerate
  11. decaffeinate
  12. decarbonate
  13. decerebrate
  14. dechlorinate
  15. defat
  16. defibrinate
  17. degrease
  18. deionize
  19. delist
  20. delocalize
  21. deoxygenate
  22. destain
  23. desulfurize
  24. desulphurize
  25. detick
  26. devein
  27. discard
  28. dispose
  29. ditch
  30. dump
  31. fettle
  32. flense
  33. flesh
  34. fling
  35. kern
  36. pith
  37. put away
  38. scum
  39. slough off
  40. throw out
  41. throwaway
  42. toss
  43. toss away
  44. toss out
  45. unbridle
  46. unmuzzle
  47. weed out
  48. work off

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