away
adverb
adjective
Verb Phrases
- to get rid of; abolish; stop.
- to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.
Idioms for away
- take away: Away with him!
- go away! leave!: Away with you!
Words nearby away
Definition for do away with (2 of 2)
Origin of do
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British Dictionary definitions for do away with (1 of 6)
verb (intr, adverb + preposition)
British Dictionary definitions for do away with (2 of 6)
Word Origin for away
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British Dictionary definitions for do away with (4 of 6)
verb does, doing, did or done
noun plural dos or do's
Word Origin for do
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Idioms and Phrases with do away with (1 of 2)
Make an end of, eliminate. For example, The town fathers have decided to do away with the old lighting system.
Demolish, destroy, kill, as in The animal officer did away with the injured deer lying by the side of the road. In the 13th century both usages were simply put as do away, the with being added only in the late 1700s.
Idioms and Phrases with do away with (2 of 2)
see back away; bang away; blow away; break away; by far (and away); carry away; cart off (away); cast away; clear out (away); die away; do away with; draw away; eat away; explain away; fade out (away); fall away; fire away; fool away; fritter away; get away; get away with; give away; go away; hammer away; lay aside (away); make away with; out and away; pass away; peg away at; piss away; plug away at; pull away; put away; right away; run away; run away with; salt away; send away; shy away from; slink away; slip out (away); sock away; spirit away; square away; squirrel away; stow away; take away from; take one's breath away; tear away; throw away; tuck away; turn away; walk away from; walk off (away) with; waste away; wear off (away); whale away; when the cat's away; while away.