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

In 2024, California considered doing away with service charges as part of legislation banning “hidden” or “junk” fees but walked back the proposal at the eleventh hour.

From Los Angeles Times

Last year, the company did away with the prizes for roughly five months, which the analyst said contributed to softer sales.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he’ll need a new moniker as Tesla does away with its Model S and Model X vehicles, which have become casualties of Musk’s artificial-intelligence goals.

From MarketWatch

Typically new technologies create more new jobs, but some analysts contend machine learning and intelligence will do away with many existing jobs.

From MarketWatch

Today, television shows have mostly done away with laugh tracks.

From The Wall Street Journal