get rid of in WordNet English dictionary

1. do away with
   "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
   abolish  get rid of 
   
2. terminate, end, or take out
   "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"
   extinguish  eliminate  get rid of  do away with 
   
3. dispose of
   "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood"
   get rid of  remove 
   

get rid of in English Wiktionary