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verb (intr, adverb + preposition)
to kill or destroy
to discard or abolish
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Words nearby do away with
do an about-face, do any good, do as I say, doat, doater, do away with, DOB, dobber, dobber-in, dobbin, Dobbs Ferry
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do away with
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.
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