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111get this monkey off my back — stop a bad habit, be rid of a problem or hang up I have to get this monkey off my back. I have to stop gambling …
112get shot (shut) of — Be rid of …
113The bomber will always get through — was a phrase used by Stanley Baldwin in a speech to the British Parliament in 1932:cquote|I find myself at the close of a most interesting debate which has been well worth while I myself should not have regretted a second day in which there have… …
114to get one's back up — Back Back (b[a^]k), n. [AS. b[ae]c, bac; akin to Icel., Sw., & LG. bak, Dan. bag; cf. OHG. bahho ham, Skr. bhaj to turn, OSlav. b[=e]g[u^] flight. Cf. {Bacon}.] 1. In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end… …
115be (or get) shut of — informal be (or get) rid of. → shut …
116shot of, be or get — Be or get rid of …
117shut of, be or get — Be or get rid of …
118see the back of — get rid of …
119Ridded — Rid Rid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rid} or {Ridded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridding}.] [OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw. r[ a]dda, and perhaps to Skr. ?rath to loosen.] 1. To save; to… …
120Ridding — Rid Rid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rid} or {Ridded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridding}.] [OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw. r[ a]dda, and perhaps to Skr. ?rath to loosen.] 1. To save; to… …