do away with

do away with
{v.} 1. To put an end to; stop. * /The teachers want to do away with cheating in their school./ * /The city has decided to do away with overhead wires./ Compare: RID OF. 2. To kill; murder. * /The robbers did away with their victims./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • Away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • away with you — away you go! or away with you An expression of disbelief or scepticism • • • Main Entry: ↑away * * * away with you british spoken phrase used for telling someone to go away or to stop worrying about you ‘Away with you!’ shouted Rory. ‘I don’t… …   Useful english dictionary

  • away with — To run away with ● make * * * I said as an exhortation to overcome or be rid of something; let us be rid of away with poverty! II away (or off or out, etc.) with used in exhortations to take or send someone or something away, in, out, etc off… …   Useful english dictionary

  • away with the fairies — If someone is away with the fairies, they don t face reality and have unrealistic expectations of life …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • away with … — away with… idiom (literary) used to say that you would like to be rid of sb/sth • Away with all these rules and regulations! Main entry: ↑awayidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • away with the fairies — (informal) 1. In a state of abstraction 2. Given to daydreaming • • • Main Entry: ↑fairy …   Useful english dictionary

  • Away with the Faeries — Infobox Album | Name = Away with the Faeries Type = Live album Artist = Inkubus Sukkubus Released = 1998 Recorded = mdash; Genre = Pagan rock Length = mdash; Label = Resurrection Records Producer = mdash; Reviews = Last album = Vampyre Erotica… …   Wikipedia

  • away with the fairies —    Someone who is away with the fairies is in such a dreamy state that they are not totally in touch with reality and give the impression of being slightly mad.     It s no use trying to explain the problem to her she s away with the fairies! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • away with you — British spoken used for telling someone to go away or to stop worrying about you Away with you! shouted Rory. I don t need your advice! …   English dictionary

  • away with the fairies — adjective (to be) not with it, dreaming, not all there Now, I know the story is away with the fairies, but he produces a body and I take him down to the station to talk to the detectives …   Wiktionary

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