verb
- to free someone or something from something unwanted or unpleasant
Usage: usually used with ‘of’; past tense and past participle: rid or ridded
Examples
- She wanted to rid herself of bad habits.
- The new treatment helped rid his body of the infection.
- We need to rid the garden of weeds.
- The company is trying to rid itself of debt.
- They worked hard to rid the area of pollution.
- He couldn’t rid his mind of troubling thoughts.