DO AWAY WITH (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING)


Meaning of DO AWAY WITH (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) in English

do away with somebody/something phrasal verb ( see also ↑ do )

1 . to get rid of something or stop using it:

People thought that the use of robots would do away with boring low-paid factory jobs.

2 . informal to kill someone

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.