"do away with" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-do away with.ogg [Australia] Forms: does away with [present, singular, third-person], doing away with [participle, present], did away with [past], done away with [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> away with}} do away with (third-person singular simple present does away with, present participle doing away with, simple past did away with, past participle done away with)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To abolish; to put an end to; to eliminate. Tags: idiomatic, informal, transitive Translations (abolish; put an end to): desfer-se (Catalan), päästä eroon [with-elative] (Finnish), tehdä loppu [with-elative] (Finnish), lopettaa (Finnish), en finir (avec) (French), καταργώ (katargó) (Greek), 止める (yameru) (Japanese), interimō (Latin), منسوخ کردن (mansux kardan) (Persian), acabar com (Portuguese), desechar (Spanish), deshacerse de (Spanish), gwneud i ffwrdd (â) (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-do_away_with-en-verb-R9UePPw1 Disambiguation of 'abolish; put an end to': 99 1
  2. (transitive, idiomatic, informal, euphemistic) To have someone killed. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic, informal, transitive Categories (topical): Death Translations (have someone killed): ἀποποιέω (apopoiéō) (Ancient Greek), rydde af vejen (Danish), tapattaa (Finnish), σκοτώνω (skotóno) (Greek), βγάζω από τη μέση (Greek), fare fuori (Italian), прико́нчить (prikónčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-do_away_with-en-verb-jn-Hssck Disambiguation of Death: 8 92 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (away), English phrasal verbs with particle (with), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (away): 20 80 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (with): 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86 Disambiguation of 'have someone killed': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: get rid of, fordo

Inflected forms

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