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The past tense and past participle are now normally rid rather than ridded, but ridded occurs occasionally in active constructions such as He ridded the stable of flies. Rid must be used in constructions of the type I thought myself well rid of him.

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verb

To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, release, relieve, shake off, throw off, unburden. Slang shake. See keep/release.

v

Definition: do away with; free
Antonyms: get

IN BRIEF: v. - Relieve from.

Facts were never pleasing to him. He acquired them with reluctance and got rid of them with relief — Sir James Matthew Barrie, Source: Love Me Never or For Ever

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abbr. for radial immunodiffusion.

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - skaffe af med, befri (for), frigøre (for)

idioms:

• be (well) rid of    være glad for at være sluppet af med
• get rid of    slippe af med

Nederlands (Dutch)
bevrijden, verwijderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - débarrasser, venir à bout de, faire cesser

idioms:

• be well rid of    être bien débarrassé de
• get rid of    se débarrasser de, faire cesser, se défaire de

Deutsch (German)
v. - befreien

idioms:

• be well rid of    froh sein, jmdn. los zu sein
• get rid of    loswerden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαλλάσσω, λυτρώνω, ελευθερώνω, ξεφορτώνομαι

idioms:

• be (well) rid of    απαλλάσσομαι από
• get rid of    ξεφορτώνομαι

Italiano (Italian)
sbarazzare

idioms:

• be rid of    sbarazzarsi di
• be well rid of    liberarsi da
• get rid of    sbarazzarsi di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - livrar-se

idioms:

• be (well) rid of    estar alegre por se livrar de
• be rid of    estar livre de
• get rid of    livrar-se de

Русский (Russian)
освобождать, избавлять

idioms:

• be rid of    избавиться от
• be well rid of    избавиться от
• get rid of    избавиться

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - deshacerse de, desembarazarse de, librar

idioms:

• be well rid of    ¡adiós y hasta nunca!, estar mejor sin...
• get rid of    librarse de

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - befria

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使免除, 从...清除, 使摆脱

idioms:

• be (well) rid of    完全摆脱掉, 免去...负担
• get rid of    摆脱, 除去

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使免除, 從...清除, 使擺脫

idioms:

• be (well) rid of    完全擺脫掉, 免去...負擔
• get rid of    擺脫, 除去

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 제거하다, 벗어나다, 구하다

idioms:

• be (well) rid of    면하다, ~을 않게 되다
• get rid of    ~을 벗어나다, ~을 그만두다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 免れさせる, 除去する, 片付ける, 取り除く

idioms:

• be rid of    免れる
• get rid of    免れる, 追い払う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يخلص من, يحرر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שחרר, טיהר, חילץ‬

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