make away with

Idioms

Carry off, steal, as in The burglars made away with all their jewelry . [Late 1600s]
Use up, consume, as in The boys made away with all the sandwiches . This usage was first recorded in 1843.
Kill, destroy, as in We decided to make away with the old horse . [c. 1500] Also see do away with , def. 2.

Example Sentences

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Ultimately, Sam's able to steal the keys and make away with the books — and learn some pretty essential information.

From Time • Jul. 17, 2017

Now, after his death, we were struggling to make away with it all.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2015

Even in Arizona, which has the nation's toughest plant-protection law and pistol-packing lawmen to back it up, cactus rustlers make away with an estimated $500,000 to $1 million worth of plants each year.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Emperor's favorite food is persimmons, and he keeps careful track of every persimmon that enters the palace lest someone make away with it.

From Time Magazine Archive

As this same Nabil had himself claimed to be the Manifestation,548 it was very convenient that he should make away with himself at that time, instead of renewing his pretensions.

From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Wilson, Samuel Graham

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