Rid
Rid verb - To set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers.
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Both words in one sentence
- As a child, Dante was made to fight the invading army from Finfield by Oracle Kian, just to get rid of Dante, and could never shake the memories.
Source: Blood Knight / Anime and Manga -
Lampshaded in an episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, where Shake, Frylock and Meatwad attempt to rid themselves of a murderous ventriloquist's dummy, only for it to reappear every time they look away.
Source: The Cat Came Back -
Frylock ends up giving Shake exactly what he wants to get rid of him, a gay zombie ape party bus.
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Shake and Rid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/rid/shake
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