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Princeton's WordNet

  1. extinguish, eliminate, get rid of, do away withverb

    terminate, end, or take out

    "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts"

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  1. do away withverb

    To destroy, eliminate, or make an end of.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of do away with in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of do away with in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of do away with in a Sentence

  1. Lyle Mitchell:

    On June 5, 2015, Inmate Matt told me it was the day he and Inmate Sweat were breaking out of the facility. I know I had agreed to help them escape and run away with them, but I panicked and couldn't follow through with the rest of the plan. I really do love my husband and he's the reason I didn't meet Inmate Matt and Inmate Sweat, i didn't want anything to happen to Lyle and I couldn't imagine being without him. I believe I helped Inmate Matt and Inmate Sweat escape because I was caught up in the fantasy. I enjoyed the attention, the feeling both of them gave me, and the thought of a different life.

  2. Max Percy:

    The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them to rebel against it, and a scientist thinks of a method that does away with the hard lot altogether.

  3. Prosecutor David Pascoe:

    He thought he got away with it because he wears a badge. Prove him wrong.

  4. Jenny Sushe:

    I did not remove it and instead posted it because I wanted people to see what he had done to me, i wanted him to be accountable. I didn't want him to get away with it. What he did to me was disgusting.

  5. The Hill:

    The fight over a border-adjustment tax isn’t the only challenge for Republicans in their push for tax reform, notably, some business groups have criticized the proposal to do away with the deduction for businesses’ net interest expenses.


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