do away with

British  

verb

1. to kill or destroy

2. to discard or abolish

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do away with Idioms  

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.

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Example Sentences

Such systems, which do away with the need for a rudder, are already used on smaller CalMac ferries, making them highly manoeuvrable.

From BBC

“None of our friends and family ever walk through our front door,” said James, so they decided to do away with the formality.

From The Wall Street Journal

Cable movie channels and the rise of video on demand largely did away with the movie-of-the-week business, though.

From Salon

They want to impose compulsory physical attendance and voting, doing away with the current "hybrid" arrangement dating from the pandemic which lets members dial in remotely.

From BBC

You could do away with that practice, but that’s not what this settlement is going to accomplish.

From Los Angeles Times