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Progress which has been madeProgress which has been made; also, speed.
» I want to get rid of it.
Ich will es loswerden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Я хочу избавиться от этого. — nami
Я хочу от него избавиться. — marafon
Я хочу от неё избавиться. — marafon
Я хочу позбутися від цього. — rmdas
Я хочу його позбутися. — rmdas
Я хочу її позбутися. — rmdas
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(Northern England, archaic, obsolete, rare, uncountable)Progress which has been made; also, speed.
(Northern England, archaic, obsolete, uncountable)Loose earth, rubble, etc., on the surface of a quarry which must be removed before digging can begin; rid-work.
Examples
705 sentencesI want to get rid of it.
Я хочу позбутися від цього. — rmdas
ruЯ хочу избавиться от этого. — nami
deIch will es loswerden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We need to get rid of Tom.
Нам потрібно позбавитися Тома. — deniko
ruНам надо избавиться от Тома. — sharptoothed
How can I get rid of Tom?
Як мені позбавитись Тома? — rmdas
ruКак мне избавиться от Тома? — odexed
Tom got rid of all the books.
Том позбавився всіх книжок. — deniko
deTom entledigte sich all der Bücher. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It isn't easy to get rid of a bad habit.
Позбавитися від поганої звички - це непросто. — deniko
ruИзбавиться от вредной привычки непросто. — marafon
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English ridden (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., froThe verb is derived from Middle English ridden (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear; to complete (something unfinished); to free (someone or something); to relieve (someone); etc.”), probably from Old English *ryddan (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear”) (the past participle form ġeryd is attested), from Proto-Germanic *riudijaną (“to clear”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewdʰ- (“to clear land”), or possibly from *Hrew- (“to dig out, tear out; to open; to acquire”). The verb was probably also influenced by the following:
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- get rid of
- get rid
- to get rid
- rid of all
- rid of this
- can't get rid
- rid of his
- rid of a
- let's get rid
- rid of the
- rid of my
- rid of that
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.