I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname.

We're trying to rid the world of poverty.

Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?

If the Government believes that part of the railways' salvation is to be found in ridding them of extraneous concerns, it should have had the courage either to close the railway works down as quickly as possible, or to hive them off as an entirely separate concern, ….

All the billions in the world and Manchester City still cannot rid themselves of the most persistent thorn in their side.

Worst of all were the leeches. The soldiers had managed to rid them from the camp interiors, but once you ventured out on patrol and into the wetlands, they were everywhere.

"He would have rid that horse, too," pa says, "if I hadn't a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a catty-mount. A deliberate flouting of her and me."

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