Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Rid
Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Johnathan on the Time Bandit threatened to "get rid of these cameras" when Mike Fourtner was griping to them about a disagreement with the Hillstrands instead of shutting up and getting back to work.
Source: Series / Deadliest Catch - They have acknowledged it as far back as Brood War — rather than get rid of it, they instead added new units to each race whose sole purpose is to deal with stacked air units.
Source: Ascended Glitch -
They managed to get rid of him once "with the help" of the friendly GirlScouts, but he came back and had a brownie sash.
Source: The Thing That Would Not Leave
Cite this Source
Rid and Back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/rid
Back & Rid. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/rid>.
Rid or Back. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/rid.
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