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Discover Ludwig"get shot of" is an idiom common in British English meaning to get rid of something.
You can use it in written English in informal contexts. Example: I desperately need to get shot of all this old furniture.
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'Is it that you wanna get shot of these fellers, yeh-hey?' 'No!
"We should just get shot of the peerage altogether," I hear you say.
I managed to get shot of some buttermilk which has been in the fridge for ages.
"I'll be glad to get shot of you gannets," Guy says.
But still, after all this time, I can't get shot of my accent.
Dr I. S. Fletcher: Endless menace to society primarily – try to get shot of one?
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On the set, paparazzi in costume infiltrated crowd scenes to get shots of the pair.
So I use Hemingway, Murakami and Ishiguro to get shots of simple, powerful language with depth of thought.
Crowds of crazed photographers risk life and limb to get shots of Paris Hilton or Britney Spears without their underwear.
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