doing away with

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Definition of doing away withnext
present participle of do away with
1
as in abolishing
to put an end to by formal action They decided to do away with the old dress code.

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2
as in assassinating
to put to death deliberately He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents.

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“Doing away with.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doing%20away%20with. Accessed 22 Mar. 2023.

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