get rid of
Example Sentences
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“You have said that you would get rid of him before the Olympics. What worries me about that is, I don’t think you have any idea what it takes to identify a police chief.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Not everything you’ll get rid of can be rehomed easily — or even at all — and sale prices may be far less than what you paid.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
I enter an antique store and find must-haves—a pristine Underwood typewriter, a vacuum-tube radio—then remind myself that we’re trying to get rid of stuff, and the urge passes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
His Vilnius-based ally Tyutrin, 45, told AFP the Lithuanian authorities had warned him two weeks ago to "leave my home urgently and get rid of my car."
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
I was going to the home of the woman who had once vowed to get rid of me—for four whole days!
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
