do away with

verb

1. to kill or destroy

2. to discard or abolish

Idioms and Phrases

Make an end of, eliminate. For example, The town fathers have decided to do away with the old lighting system .

Demolish, destroy, kill, as in The animal officer did away with the injured deer lying by the side of the road . In the 13th century both usages were simply put as do away , the with being added only in the late 1700s.

Example Sentences

Technocrats espoused that by doing away with government, money and capitalism in favor of having the techies run everything, humanity’s needs would be fulfilled.

From Salon

It was widely suspected that among Kennedy’s first orders of business would be to do away with vaccines.

From Salon

Since the Fourth of July disaster, which has killed at least 120 people and left more than 170 missing, the president has been conspicuously silent on his past repeated promises to do away with FEMA.

From Los Angeles Times

Our own development as creators: trying to be as impartial and brutal as we can, leaning into what we feel worked and doing away with what we think didn’t.

From Los Angeles Times

“However, many families still face harm under the sweeping policy to do away with humanitarian parole. We ask the government to ensure that no one be put in harm’s way.”

From Los Angeles Times