RID, RIDDANCE
ADJECTIVES
► RIDDY rid → 1889 Eng. dial.
NOUNS
► RID riddance → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► ARSEHOLE to dismiss; to get rid of → 1960s Aust. sl.
► ASHCAN to throw in an ashcan; to discard, to throw away, to get rid of → 1938 Amer. sl.
► BE SHUT OF to dismiss, to get rid of → 1575
► BLOW OFF to reject, to get rid of someone or something → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
► CAN to get rid of, to expel, to discharge, to eject, to jilt, to dismiss; to discharge from employment → 1905 Amer. sl.
► CASHIER to discard, to get rid off, to banish a thing → 1603
► CONSIGN TO THE ASHCAN to dispose of, to get rid of; to forget about → 1906
► DECARD to reject, to set aside, to get rid of, to dismiss → 1605 obs.
► DEVOID to cast out, to get rid of, to do away with, to remove, to expel → 1400 obs.
► DUST ► DUST OFF to bring to ruin; to defeat, to kill; to discard, to get rid of → 1938 sl., orig. US
► EASE to get rid of, to leave behind → 1920s US sl.
► EXTREAT to eliminate, to get rid of → 1628 obs.
► EXTURB to hustle out; to get rid of → 1603 obs.
► FADE to ignore or to get rid of → 1992 African-American sl.
► GET SHOT OF to dismiss; to get rid of → 1802
► GET SHUT OF to dismiss, to get rid of → 1575
► GIVE ONE THE GO-AHEAD SIGNAL to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GIVE ONE THE GO-AWAY SIGN to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GIVE ONE THE GO-LIGHT to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GIVE ONE THE GO-SIGN to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GIVE ONE THE GO-SIGNAL to get rid of one; to give one the brush-off → 1967 Amer. dial.
► GIVE SOMETHING THE FLICK to dispose of it, to get rid of it → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► GIVE THE ARSE to get rid of a person or thing; to dismiss → 1955 Aust.
► GIVE THE LONSDALE ► GIVE THE LONSDALE BELT to dismiss, to get rid of → c1940 Brit. sl.
► JUNK to treat as junk or rubbish; to scrap, to throw away; to discard, to abandon, to get rid of → 1911
► MAKE SHORT METER OF to get rid of quickly → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► NET to rid of → 1536 obs.
► NIX OUT ON to throw away, to get rid of a person or object → 1944 orig. African-American
► OFF to get rid of, to reject, to dismiss → L19 sl.
► PARK to get rid of someone or something → 1940s sl.
► REDD to rid, to free → 1848 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SANDBAG to get rid of → 1910s sl.
► SEND GANDER-HUNTING to send away, to get rid of → 1865 Eng. dial.
► SHOOT THE HAT to discard, to get rid of → 1877 sl.
► SKID ► SKIDS to get rid of → 1950s US criminals’ sl.
► TIE A CAN TO to get rid of or dismiss; to quit or stop → 1899 US sl.
► UNLOAD to drop, to dispose of, to get rid of → M19 sl.