Definition of do away
archaic
: to put an end to : destroy
- a dislike which not all his fortune and consequence might do away
- —Jane Austen
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do away with
1
: to put an end to : abolish, discontinue
- the motor did not do away with steam power
- —Roger Burlingame
- attempted to do away with the entire civic art program
- —Jules Langsner
2
: to put to death : kill
- thousands of persons have been done away with in this manner
- —Manchester Guardian Weekly
