get rid of Copy link Outline 1. tollo, sustūli, sublatum, 3 (esp. by violent means)2. āmŏveo, mōvi, tum, 2 (remove out of the way)3. āmōlior, 4 (implying difficulty) • get rid of: 1. tollo, sustūli, sublatum, 3 (esp. by violent means): he might very easily be got rid of, perfacile de medio tolli posse, Cic. R. Am. 8, 20; Her. 2. āmŏveo, mōvi, tum, 2 (remove out of the way): to g. rid of a witness, testem a se a., Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 72. 3. āmōlior, 4 (implying difficulty): until he could g. rid of his wife, donec uxorem amoliretur, Tac. H. 1, 13. See also to get quit of.