dispose of
- get rid of
‘dispose of’
If you dispose of something that you no longer want or need, you throw it away or give it to someone.
Hundreds of used computers had to be disposed of.
This is the safest means of disposing of nuclear waste.
Be careful
You must use of after dispose. Don't say that someone ‘disposes something’.
You must use of after dispose. Don't say that someone ‘disposes something’.
‘get rid of’
Dispose is a fairly formal word. In conversation and in less formal writing, you usually say that someone gets rid of something.
Now let's get rid of all this stuff.
There was a lot of rubbish to be got rid of.