单词 | do away with |
释义 | do away withSEE SYNONYMS FOR do away with ON THESAURUS.COM verb (intr, adverb + preposition)to kill or destroy to discard or abolish Words nearby do away withdo an about-face, do any good, do as I say, doat, doater, do away with, DOB, dobber, dobber-in, dobbin, Dobbs Ferry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with do away withdo away with 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. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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