get rid of

Verb

• do away with
  • Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia
    

• terminate, end, or take out
  • Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics
    
  • Socialism extinguished these archaic customs
    
  • eliminate my debts
    

• dispose of
  • Get rid of these old shoes!
    
  • The company got rid of all the dead wood
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  abolish , extinguish , eliminate , do away with , remove
• Antonyms: 
  establish , set up , found , launch