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)
- (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.
- 1887, Mabel Collins, The Illuminated Way: A Guide to Newophytes, 1903 ed., Yogi publications, New Jersey, p. 35:
- (transitive, idiomatic, informal, euphemistic) To have someone killed.
Translations
abolish; put an end to
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have someone killed
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See also
- get rid of
- fordo