1.
Make an end of, eliminate. For example, The town fathers have decided to do away with the old lighting system.
2.
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.
do away with
| Idioms: do away with |
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Definition: get rid of; destroy
Antonyms: build, construct, get, keep
| WordNet: do away with |
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
terminate or take out
Synonyms: eliminate, get rid of
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