GET RID OF as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • terminate or take out
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Let’’s eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
    Hypernyms(s) get rid of is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • dispose of
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Get rid of these old shoes!
    • The company got rid of all the dead wood
    Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • do away with
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia
    Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)