How to pronounce rid
Listen to rid in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“rid” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 440 American · 834 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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rid of teaching assistants.
UK Parliament · watch from 125:50 · hear it here
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where they get rid of the staff that they need to get rid of
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 52:31 · hear it here
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getting rid of slavery, with getting rid of the slave trade theoretically in the United States
National Archives · watch from 55:54 · hear it here
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saying, let's get rid of it.
Smithsonian Air & Space · watch from 28:39 · hear it here
Why real speech
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