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• Expressão verbal usada para indicar a ação de remover, livrar-se ou libertar-se de algo indesejado ou desnecessário.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of removing, discarding, or freeing oneself from something unwanted or unnecessary.

incontável · verbo irregular · transitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Eliminate or discardinformal

   To remove something unwanted or unnecessary.

   Livrar-se de

   • I need to get rid of these old clothes.
   • She got rid of the broken furniture.
   • He finally rid his house of pests.

   Sinônimosdiscarddispose ofdo away withdumpeliminateexpelpurgeremoveshedthrow away

   Antônimoskeepretain

2. informal

   To free oneself from something unpleasant or troublesome.

   livrar-se

   • He couldn't rid himself of the feeling of guilt.
   • She got rid of her bad habit of smoking.
   • They rid themselves of the debt after years of saving.

   Sinônimosdiscarddispose ofdumpeliminateeradicateexpelloseremoveshake offthrow off

   Antônimosacquireadoptharborkeepobtainretain

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