 get_rid_of |
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| 1. | [ verb ] dispose of | |
| Synonyms: | remove | |
| Examples: | "Get rid of these old shoes!" "The company got rid of all the dead wood" |
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| Related terms: | discard weed_out dump cull work_off removal | |
| 2. | [ verb ] terminate or take out | |
| Synonyms: | eliminate do_away_with | |
| Examples: | "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics" |
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| Related terms: | destroy exclude knock_out cancel_out cut_out cut drown snuff_out cut_out decouple decouple obliterate elimination | |
| 3. | [ verb ] do away with | |
| Synonyms: | abolish | |
| Examples: | "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia" |
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| Related terms: | establish abrogate cashier abolition | |
