get rid of

(verb) dispose of. Synonyms: get rid of, remove. Examples: "Get rid of these old shoes!." "The company got rid of all the dead wood."

(verb) terminate, end, or take out. Synonyms: extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away with. Examples: "Let's eliminate the course on akkadian hieroglyphics." "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs." "Eliminate my debts."

(verb) do away with. Synonyms: abolish, get rid of. Example: "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in america and in russia."