From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishridrid1 /rɪd/ ●●○ S3 adjective 1 → get rid of somebody/something2 → be rid of somebody/something3 → want rid of somebody/somethingridrid2 verb (rid, ridding) → rid somebody/something of something→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
rid• He had ridden to her rescue like a knight on a white charger and now he was insulting her.• Raving Red Sam had ridden a motor-bike once, she remembered, a job that had been much admired by the boys.• The penny farthing made its first appearance in 1870 and was ridden round the world in 1884.• The young Lieutenant had ridden on to the blade, and Sharpe had felt nothing.• Your job is to clear up, first to saw those branches up, to rid all major branches of smaller branches.• With a microwave, he calculates, we could get rid of our cook.Origin rid2 (1100-1200) Old Norse rythja “to clear land” 