be rid of in English

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    {
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        "To be free of or released from a troublesome or undesirable person or object."
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          "released",
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          "troublesome",
          "troublesome"
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          "undesirable",
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        "(informal) To be free of or released from a troublesome or undesirable person or object."
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to be free of or released from a troublesome or undesirable person or object",
          "word": "cuidhteas"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "be rid of"
}

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    {
      "form": "is rid of",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "was rid of",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "been rid of",
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        "past"
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        "(informal) To be free of or released from a troublesome or undesirable person or object."
      ],
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        "informal"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to be free of or released from a troublesome or undesirable person or object",
      "word": "cuidhteas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "be rid of"
}

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"be rid of" meaning in English

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