do away with

do away with

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Verb

do away with (third-person singular simple present does away with, present participle doing away with, simple past did away with, past participle done away with)

1. (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To abolish; to put an end to; to eliminate.
   • 1887, Mabel Collins, The Illuminated Way: A Guide to Newophytes, 1903 ed., Yogi publications, New Jersey, p. 35:

     For no nearness in space, no closeness of relations, no daily intimacy, can do away with the inexorable laws which give the adept his seclusion.

   • 1922, Victor Appleton, chapter 7, in Tom Swift And His Electric Locomotive:

     Using electricity as motive power for railroads will do away with fuel trains, tenders, coal handling, water, and all that.

   • 2008, "Editorial: British schools' move towards scrapping homework is a progressive idea," Times of India, 30 Sep.:

     In most countries, homework has come to be an integral part of the schooling system. So much so that parents are suspicious when schools do away with homework.

2. (transitive, idiomatic, informal, euphemistic) To have someone killed.

Translations

abolish; put an end to

Catalan: desfer-se (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: päästä eroon (+ elative), tehdä loppu (+ elative), lopettaa (fi) French: en finir (avec) Greek: καταργώ (el) (katargó) Japanese: 止める (ja) (yameru) Latin: interimō Persian: منسوخ کردن‎ (fa) (mansux kardan) Portuguese: acabar com Russian: поко́нчить (ru) pf (pokónčitʹ) (с + instrumental case) Spanish: desechar (es), deshacerse de

have someone killed

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: rydde af vejen Finnish: tapattaa (fi) Greek: σκοτώνω (el) (skotóno), βγάζω από τη μέση Ancient: ἀποποιέω (apopoiéō) Italian: fare fuori Russian: прико́нчить (ru) pf (prikónčitʹ)

See also

• get rid of
• fordo