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get rid of
Idioms and Phrases
Also, be rid of . Eliminate, discard, or free oneself from. For example, It's time we got rid of these old newspapers , or He kept calling for months, but now we're finally rid of him . The first expression dates from the mid-1600s, the second from the 1400s. Also see get out of , def. 5.Example Sentences
The American Action Forum, a right-leaning policy group, estimated last year that getting rid of the exemption would result in "$8bn to $30bn in additional annual costs that would eventually be passed on to consumers".
On Tuesday, with the city deep in a budget crisis, Rodriguez pleaded for Mayor Karen Bass not to get rid of the department.
But in a wearied tone, he told me 鈥渋n SELA, sometimes it isn鈥檛 about someone getting rid of corruption and cleaning up the city.鈥
Speaking after the meeting, Binet defended the decision to get rid of the women's health strategy 鈥 a strongly criticised move.
"Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden 'Overhang.'"
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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