The difference between Get rid of and Shift
When used as verbs, get rid of means to dispose (of), whereas shift means to change, swap.
Shift is also noun with the meaning: a type of women's undergarment, a slip.
check bellow for the other definitions of Get rid of and Shift
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Get rid of as a verb (transitive, idiom):
to dispose (of); to remove; to abolish; to lose
Examples:
"I want to get rid of your influence over my life!"
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Shift as a noun (historical):
A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
Examples:
"Just last week she bought a new shift at the market."
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Shift as a noun:
A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
Examples:
"We'll work three shifts a day till the job's done."
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Shift as a noun:
An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
Examples:
"There was a shift in the political atmosphere."
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Shift as a noun (US):
The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
Examples:
"Does it come with a stick-shift?"
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Shift as a noun:
.
Examples:
"If you press shift-P, the preview display will change."
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Shift as a noun (computing):
A bit shift.
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Shift as a noun (baseball):
The infield shift.
Examples:
"Teams often use the shift against this lefty."
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Shift as a noun (Ireland, crude, _, slang, often with the definite article, usually, _, uncountable):
The act of kissing passionately.
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Shift as a noun (archaic):
A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.
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Shift as a noun (archaic):
A trick, an artifice.
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Shift as a noun:
In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints.
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Shift as a noun (mining):
A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
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Shift as a noun (genetics):
A mutation in which the DNA or RNA from two different sources (such as viruses or bacteria) combine.
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Shift as a verb (transitive):
To change, swap.
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Shift as a verb (transitive):
To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
Examples:
"We'll have to shift these boxes to the downtown office."
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Shift as a verb (intransitive):
To change position.
Examples:
"She shifted slightly in her seat."
"His political stance shifted daily."
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Shift as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.
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Shift as a verb (intransitive):
To change gears (in a car).
Examples:
"I crested the hill and shifted into fifth."
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Shift as a verb (typewriters):
To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
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Shift as a verb (computer keyboards):
To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
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Shift as a verb (transitive, computing):
To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare rotate.
Examples:
"'Shifting 1001 to the left yields 10010; shifting it right yields 100."
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Shift as a verb (transitive, computing):
To remove the first value from an array.
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Shift as a verb (transitive):
To dispose of.
Examples:
"How can I shift a grass stain?"
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Shift as a verb (intransitive):
To hurry.
Examples:
"If you shift, you might make the 2:19."
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Shift as a verb (Ireland, vulgar, slang):
To engage in sexual petting.
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Shift as a verb (archaic):
To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
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Shift as a verb:
To practice indirect or evasive methods.