Get rid of

//ɡɛt ɹɪd ʌv//

"Get rid of" in a Sentence (7 examples)

Over the weekend he spent some time getting rid of the clothes he no longer wears.

I want to get rid of your influence over my life!

March 23, 1727, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift to get rid of fools and scoundrels

As she goes, you have a wash yourself, and although you will have to change your clothes to get rid of all the coal-dust, you are glad of soap and water and take it easy at last.

Shepard: The Council was always holding us back. When I saw the opportunity to get rid of them, I took it.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham pulled no punches in March 20's Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds. He wants rid of Avanti West Coast. And he may yet get his way, although ministers in London are holding the line at the moment.

"When it was all British Rail, if they had some redundant sidings, they would dump all their old trains. There wasn't really a pressure to get rid of them. Now, with private companies owning the sites, you have to pay to store vehicles. Nobody wants old vehicles sat around - they can be graffitied, vandalised - and so the onus really is to move them on.

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