rid
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Whin Finnigin got that frum Flannigan He blushed rosy-rid, did Finnigin.
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- transitive verb To free from: He was finally able to rid himself of all financial worries.
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Whin Finnigin got that frum Flannigan He blushed rosy-rid, did Finnigin.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 2 - Conan shrugged, ran a hand through his black mane, and laughed. — Conan the Wanderer
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I heard Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister of Israel, saying he should not be in that position anymore, they need to get rid -- they, the Palestinians, need to get rid of him.
— CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2001 -
And the problem is we've had great success in getting rid -- in hurting Al Qaeda, probably eradicating its ability, but we may actually destroy most of Al Qaeda and not get Osama bin Laden and kick ourselves for having focused so much on this one man.
— CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2001 -
MAD-rid, New York, for Madrid,
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVIII No 2
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- Middle English ridden, from Old Norse rydhja, to clear land, from hrjōdha, to strip, clear.
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/ (rĭd)/
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