get rid of

Verb

 * 1)  To rid oneself of; to cause oneself to be free of or released from.
 * 2) * March 23, 1727,, letter to
 * to get rid of fools and scoundrels
 * 1) * March 23, 1727,, letter to
 * to get rid of fools and scoundrels
 * to get rid of fools and scoundrels

Usage notes
One is said to get rid of something unwanted or undesirable. The term is not neutral; it implies that the situation is improved by getting rid of that thing.

The term belongs to a less formal register than most of the synonyms listed above.

Translations

 * Albanian:, heq qafe
 * Arabic: تخلص
 * Belarusian: збаўля́цца, зба́віцца
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: desfer-se de,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: blive af med
 * Dutch: kwijt raken, van af zijn,, van af komen, ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: päästä eroon, hankkiutua eroon
 * French: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: γλιτώνω από,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: cuir díot
 * Italian:, sbarazzar,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Manx: rey y gheddyn rish
 * Norwegian: bli kvitt
 * Pennsylvania German: aawaerre
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: se debarasa
 * Russian: (от... ot...),  (от... ot...)
 * Scottish Gaelic: faigh cuidhteas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: bli av med,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: позбавля́тися, позбу́тися