Guard
Guard verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Rid
Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.
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Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A somewhat nasty guard makes a rather lewd drawing of two of the princesses and shows it to them, then violently stops Alexei from trying to get rid of it.
Source: Film / Nicholas and Alexandra - Royals Who Actually Do Something: Even before running away, the Lady got rid of a giant mutant rat in her aunt's cellar, and went with the captain of her father's guard on a patrol mission.
Source: Video Game / Gladiatrix - In XIII, Felicity Brown gets rid of XIII by ripping the shoulder off her dress and shouting for the guard, covering herself up while claiming he'd tried to rape her.
Source: False Rape Accusation
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