What does be rid of mean?

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be rid of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

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is rid of (present, singular) being rid of (participle, present) was rid of (past) been rid of (participle, past)

What does be rid of mean?: To be free of or released from a troublesome or undesirable person or object.

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