- riddance
- rid|dance [ `rıdns ] noun uncountgood riddance (to)used for saying that you are pleased to be free of someone or something that is annoying or unpleasant
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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Riddance — Rid dance, n. 1. The act of ridding or freeing; deliverance; a cleaning up or out. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field. Lev. xxiii. 22. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being rid or free; freedom; escape.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
riddance — ► NOUN ▪ the action of getting rid of someone or something. ● good riddance Cf. ↑good riddance … English terms dictionary
riddance — [rid′ ns] n. a ridding or being rid; clearance or removal, as of something undesirable, or deliverance, as from something oppressive good riddance welcome relief or deliverance: often used as an exclamation of satisfaction at getting rid of… … English World dictionary
riddance — index catharsis, deportation, estrangement, exclusion, layoff, privation, rejection, removal Burton s Legal … Law dictionary
riddance — 1530s, from RID (Cf. rid) + ANCE (Cf. ance) … Etymology dictionary
riddance — n. (colloq.) act of getting rid of smt. good riddance! (good riddance to bad rubbish!) * * * [ rɪd(ə)ns] (colloq.) [ act of getting rid of smt. ] good riddance! (good riddance to bad rubbish!) … Combinatory dictionary
riddance — [[t]rɪ̱d(ə)ns[/t]] PHRASE: oft PHR to n (feelings) You say good riddance to indicate that you are pleased that someone has left or that something has gone. He s gone back to London in a huff and good riddance... I left Texas and said good… … English dictionary
riddance — /rid ns/, n. 1. the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable. 2. relief or deliverance from something. 3. good riddance, a welcome relief or deliverance from something: He s gone, and good riddance! [1525 35; RID1 + ANCE] Syn … Universalium
riddance — rid|dance [ˈrıdns] n good riddance (to sb) spoken a rude way of saying you are glad someone has left ▪ She was awful. Good riddance to her, I say! … Dictionary of contemporary English
riddance — noun (U) good riddance spoken a rude way of saying you are glad someone has left: “Jim s left.” “Well, good riddance,” said Faye. “I never liked him.” … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
riddance — UK [ˈrɪd(ə)ns] / US noun good riddance (to) used for saying that you are pleased to be free of someone or something that is annoying or unpleasant When he left I thought, Good riddance … English dictionary
