rid
v.v. to remove something unpleasant or unwanted from a place or person. You use this when you want to be free of a problem or a mess.
v. to make someone or something free of an unwanted person, thing, or condition. Transitive; frequently used in the passive voice or as part of a phrasal construction.
I need to rid the house of these ants.
The new manager implemented several strict policies to rid the office of its toxic work culture.
The government launched a comprehensive initiative to rid the coastal waters of invasive species that were threatening the local fishing industry's sustainability.
The verb is transitive and almost always requires the preposition 'of' before the thing being removed.
I want to rid the problemI want to get rid of the problemLearners often use the base verb 'rid' when they actually mean the more common phrasal expression 'get rid of'.