rid
rid
(rɪd )Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense rids , present participle ridding language note: The form rid is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle of the verb.
3. verb
If you rid a place or person of something undesirable or unwanted, you succeed in removing it completely from that place or person.
The proposals are an attempt to rid the country of political corruption. [VERB noun + of]
The new vaccine may rid the world of one of its most terrifying diseases. [V n of n]
4. verb
5. adjective
If you are rid of someone or something that you did not want or that caused problems for you, they are no longer with you or causing problems for you.
The family had sought a way to be rid of her and the problems she had caused them. [+ of]
