To be rid of

Rid \Rid\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rid} or {Ridded}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Ridding}.] [OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver,
   liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw.
   r[aum]dda, and perhaps to Skr. ?rath to loosen.]
   1. To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [Obs.]
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            Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand
            of the wicked.                        --Ps. lxxxii.
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   2. To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. "Rid
      all the sea of pirates." --Shak.
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            In never ridded myself of an overmastering and
            brooding sense of some great calamity traveling
            toward me.                            --De Quincey.
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   3. To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make
      away with; to destroy. [Obs.]
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            I will red evil beasts out of the land. --Lev. xxvi.
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            Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince!
                                                  --Shak.
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   4. To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [R.]
      "Willingness rids way." --Shak.
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            Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves
            were at our tails.                    --J. Webster.
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   {To be rid of}, to be free or delivered from.

   {To get rid of}, to get deliverance from; to free one's self
      from.
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