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    get shut of
    [get shut of]
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    1. informal
      get rid of:
      "the sooner we get shut of this government the better"
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    1. get rid of:
      throw away
      throw out
      get rid of
      do away with
      clear out
      discard
      remove
      lose
      eliminate
      dump
      bin
      jettison
      shed
      dismiss
      expel
      eject
      weed out
      root out
      decommission
      recycle
      break up
      demolish
      write off
      destroy
      annihilate
      obliterate
      ditch
      junk
      get shot of
      see the back of
      trash
      wreck
      dispose of
      toss out
      throw on the scrapheap
      dispense with
      chuck (away/out)
      shuck off
      Opposite:
      keep
      preserve
     
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    Oct 15, 2019 · According to the Phrase Finder, “get shut of” meaning get rid of is an obsolete expression: To get shut of something does seem to be a rather old expression, and more a dialectal than a mainstream one, according to the …

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    May 22, 2021 · According to the Phrase Finder, “get shut of” meaning get rid of is an obsolete expression: To get shut of something does seem to be a rather old expression, and more a dialectal than a mainstream one, according to the …

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    What does get shut of mean?
    According to the Phrase Finder, “get shut of” meaning get rid of is an obsolete expression: To get shut of something does seem to be a rather old expression, and more a dialectal than a mainstream one, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, which I quote with all its citations. From the OED: " 11. a.

    Is the expression "get shed of" or "get shut of" or "get shot of"?

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    What does shut mean in English?
    The expression also appears (in both "shot" and "shut" forms) in John Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States (1848): SHUT. Quit; rid. To be shut of, or to get shut of, signifies to be or to get rid of. We also say, to be or get shot of.

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    What is the origin of the phrase 'to get shot (or shut) of'?
    According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the origin of the expression 'to get shot (or shut) of' is rather old and more dialectal than mainstream: 'To get shut of something'. I know it means to get rid of.

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    What does shut up mean?
    To no longer be involved with someone or something. I can't wait to be shut of this project—it's been dragging on forever. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. Shut up! Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content .

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    When did the word 'get shut of' first appear?
    Moreover "get shut of" begins to appear in bilingual dictionaries by 1679 and in English-only dictionaries by 1721, whereas the first dictionary occurrence of "get shot of" that I could find was from 1818.

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    When did 'get shut of' come out?
    Published instances of "get shut of" go back at least to 1643, whereas the earliest instance of get shot of" that I could find was from 1698; seventeen publications from 1700 and earlier included at least one unique occurrence of "get/got shut of," but only one such instance of "get/got shot of" did.

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