make away with
Idioms-
Carry off, steal, as in The burglars made away with all their jewelry . [Late 1600s]
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Use up, consume, as in The boys made away with all the sandwiches . This usage was first recorded in 1843.
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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
I was accused of trying to make away with some $2,000,000 of gold, which I had put on the Red Jacket for shipment to London.
From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis
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