Question

The criminal tried to ________ the incriminating evidence quickly.

Answer 1

By filling in the blank space we will get '' The criminal tried to get rid of the incriminating evidence quickly''.

Explanation:

• Correcting the sentences requires the proper use of grammar.

• Proper use of grammatical organization and all the dependent and independent clauses.

• The main thing is we should focus on the use of the proper form of the verb.

• The use of 's' or 'es' depends upon the use of the form of a singular or plural verb.

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Answer 2

The criminal tried to get rid of the incriminating evidence quickly.

Explanation:

• "Get rid of" is phrasal verb, which means to remove/discard something that you do not want any longer; take action so as to be free of;  to do something so as to no longer have/be affected or bothered by (like in the above example, the criminal is getting rid of incriminating evidence, which perhaps is affecting him or bothering him).
• Some of the synonyms for 'get rid of" are do way with, throw away, clear out, discard, scrap remove etc
• Example, Suresh was happy to get rid of her; The war veteran said he wanted to get rid of it.