do away with

verb

1. to kill or destroy

2. to discard or abolish

Idioms and Phrases

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.

Example Sentences

One of the concerns that I have is a philosophical concern: Is automation going to do away with many jobs?

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He’s also used his extensive executive authority to transform the court system according to his political views, such as by doing away with diversity initiatives.

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Industry experts say other companies have been unable to do away with multi-patterning in the quest to produce the most advanced chips.

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Here I have to confess to being dismissive of the most common version of AI doom, in which superintelligent machines do away with humanity.

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The U.S. also did away with fines for automakers that fail to meet federal fuel-economy standards and a $7,500 tax credit for electric-car buyers.

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