Rid is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like free. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Rid in a sentence
Related words
Rid meaning
- Followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
- Followed by away, from, or out of: to remove (oneself or someone, or something, that is annoying, troublesome, or unwanted).
- Often followed by from, of, or out of: to free or release, or to rescue or save, (oneself or someone, or something).
Synonyms of Rid
Using Rid
- The main meaning on this page is: Followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance. | Followed by away, from, or out of: to remove (oneself or someone, or something, that is annoying, troublesome, or unwanted). | Often followed by from, of, or out of: to free or release, or to rescue or save, (oneself or someone, or something).
- Useful related words include: free, disembarrass, rid of.
- In the example corpus, rid often appears in combinations such as: rid of, get rid, getting rid.
Context around Rid
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rid
- In this selection, "rid" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, get, getting and gets stand out and add context to how "rid" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include to get rid of and about getting rid of hippies. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rid" sits close to words such as adequate, alarm and dublin, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rid
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Get rid of it and get rid of the Salary Cap system that is not really a Cap. (18 words)
After the Baudelaire children leave him, they find that Count Olaf is not easy to get rid of. (18 words)
After his hometown is destroyed and his mother eaten, Eren joins the Survey Corps and vows to rid the world of Titans. (22 words)
If the spinners did not get rid of Hetmyer, the undisputed danger man in the Amazon Warriors’ batting line-up, but contrived to keep the123-run target reasonably distant, DJB backed his quick bowlers—mainly himself—to get rid of Hetmyer. (41 words)
Consequently, Farouk's Italian servants were not interned, and there is an unconfirmed story that Farouk told British Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson (who had an Italian wife), "I'll get rid of my Italians when you get rid of yours". (40 words)
Acting as a villain for most of the game, his conversion from a dominated Venom to a helpful one doesn't entirely get rid of the corruption in his personality that led him to become evil in the first place. (40 words)
If they decide to get rid of me, do I have any rights, or can they just get rid of me without any payoff or consultation? (26 words)
Example sentences (20)
Get rid of it and get rid of the Salary Cap system that is not really a Cap.
Trudy Raven shared her experience: "I would have never got rid of mine without digging up the roots and I've had loads to get rid of.
In a subtle, almost depressing twist, we discover a fingernail on Junior’s boat who quickly gets rid of the evidence, confirming he was the one who attempted to get rid of Sherry’s body for Frankie.
But after that we expect to begin a new process of getting rid of these sleeper cells and getting rid of other elements of Isil, and for that we will continue to need support," she went on.
If they decide to get rid of me, do I have any rights, or can they just get rid of me without any payoff or consultation?
Shall we go back and forth for a few days while I point out that you don't get one with out getting the other, and you can't get rid of one without getting rid of the other.
If the spinners did not get rid of Hetmyer, the undisputed danger man in the Amazon Warriors’ batting line-up, but contrived to keep the123-run target reasonably distant, DJB backed his quick bowlers—mainly himself—to get rid of Hetmyer.
She highlighted her lemon and honey soap which helps to clear blemishes and gets rid of acne; and the coffee soap which exfoliates the skin and gets rid of dead skin cells.
Consequently, Farouk's Italian servants were not interned, and there is an unconfirmed story that Farouk told British Ambassador Sir Miles Lampson (who had an Italian wife), "I'll get rid of my Italians when you get rid of yours".
If punk was about getting rid of hippies, then I'm getting rid of grunge." citation In spite of the professed disdain for the genres, some elements of both crept into the more enduring facets of Britpop.
Passing strategy In general when passing the player is trying to both get rid of bad cards, and create voids to get rid of bad cards they may receive.
A bartender who accidentally got a voice note from her supervisor stating that she had been ordered to “get rid” of the worker because of her anxiety disorder has been awarded €10,000 for a discriminatory constructive dismissal.
According to reports the Chinese firm TikTok is testing a new monthly subscription which would get rid of adverts on the video sharing site.
Acting as a villain for most of the game, his conversion from a dominated Venom to a helpful one doesn't entirely get rid of the corruption in his personality that led him to become evil in the first place.
After his hometown is destroyed and his mother eaten, Eren joins the Survey Corps and vows to rid the world of Titans.
After the Baudelaire children leave him, they find that Count Olaf is not easy to get rid of.
After this, Whewell's "behaviour changed" and he became "angry" at her for "getting rid of his dog" around a year and a half previously as she was "unable to look after the dog alone".
After Wall Maria fell, Eren swore to rid the world of every single Titan, a promise that turned out to have literally world-breaking implications.
Also, in 2021, Venmo got rid of the "global payments feed," which lets you see a selection of random strangers' recent transactions.
Although, I'll still argue that getting rid of the "body language" line by Ursula during "Poor Unfortunate Souls" wasn't necessary.
Common combinations with rid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- rid of 183×
- get rid 124×
- getting rid 39×
- to rid 20×
- rid the 13×
- got rid 11×
- gets rid 7×
- rid his 2×