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

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

Shortly after writing “love you,” Guthrie decided to do away with the whiteboard completely and began to talk.

From Los Angeles Times

AI is increasingly doing away with the need to do busywork at work, freeing us up for more important tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal