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单词 do away with
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do away with

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verb (intr, adverb + preposition)

to kill or destroy
to discard or abolish

Words nearby do away with

do 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 with

do away with

1

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

2

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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