do away with | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic,informal)Toabolish; toput an end to; toeliminate.She tried todo away withthe argument by changing the topic.The criminals tried todo away withthe evidence before the police arrived.She’s working hard todo away withnegative thinking.1887,Mabel Collins,The Illuminated Way: A Guide to Newophytes, 1903 ed., Yogi publications, New Jersey, p. 35:For no nearness in space, no closeness of relations, no daily intimacy, cando away withthe inexorable laws which give the adept his seclusion.1922,Victor Appleton, chapter 7, inTom Swift And His Electric Locomotive:Using electricity as motive power for railroads willdo away withfuel trains, tenders, coal handling, water, and all that.1950May, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, inRailway Magazine, page300:Centralised traffic controldoes away withintermediate operators over long stretches of line.2008September 30, “Editorial: British schools' move towards scrapping homework is a progressive idea”, inTimes of India:In most countries, homework has come to be an integral part of the schooling system. So much so that parents are suspicious when schoolsdo away withhomework.; (transitive,idiomatic,informal,euphemistic)To have someonekilled.He plotted todo awaywith his rival.1988December 19, William Styron, “Why Primo Levi Need Not Have Died”, inThe New York Times‎[1],→ISSN:[…]unless we can begin to understand that the vast majority of those whodo away withthemselves—and of those who attempt to do so—do not do it because of any frailty, and rarely out of impulse, but because they are in the grip of an illness that causes almost unimaginable pain.

Examples:

EN: They tell me some people in your country are trying to do away with wine altogether.
ES: Me dicen que algunos en tu país están intentando eliminar el vino.
EN: If you hadn't come today.. ...I was going to do away with myself.
ES: Si no hubieras venido hoy, me habría matado.
EN: Jenny.. ...you said if I hadn't come today you were gonna do away with yourself.
ES: Dijiste que si no hubiera venido, te habrías matado.
EN: So these acts abolish the begging laws... modify the laws of eminent domain, and do away with slavery.
ES: Así, con estas actas, queda abolida la ley de mendigos... modificadas la leyes del dominio eminente, y abolida la esclavitud.
EN: - Dr. Clitterhouse as regards Rocks Valentine, do you remember distinctly the processes of thought which made you determine to do away with him?
ES: - Doctor Clitterhouse en cuanto a Rocks Valentine, ¿recuerda con claridad lo que le hizo tomar la decisión de acabar con su vida?
EN: - You're not going to do away with me?
ES: - ¿No vas a matarme? - No me molestaré en ello.
EN: He says the only way to do away with unemployment is to do away with employment.
ES: Dice que la única manera de terminar con el desempleo es terminar con el empleo.
ES: Dice que la única manera de terminar con el desempleo es terminar con el empleo.
EN: When the king reads this document and sees the names of those who signed it he will do away with sanctuary for all time.
ES: Cuando el Rey lea esto y vea los nombres que lo han firmado, suprimirá el derecho de asilo sagrado para siempre.
EN: - I'll beat them with my branches! - We'll do away with them!
ES: - ¡Vamos a acabar con ellos!
EN: - You should do away with me, have it over with.
ES: - Deberías acabar conmigo, terminar con ésto.
EN: And politicians aren't usually called upon to... do away with their guests, are they?
ES: Y a los políticos no suelen llamarlos para deshacerse de sus invitados, ¿verdad?
EN: Let us fight to free the world, to do away with national barriers, to do away with greed, hate and intolerance.
ES: Luchemos para liberar el mundo, romper las barreras nacionales, terminar con la codicia, el odio y la intolerancia.
ES: Luchemos para liberar el mundo, romper las barreras nacionales, terminar con la codicia, el odio y la intolerancia.
EN: he's pretty enough for it that would be a reason to do away with the Italian
ES: - ¡Bueno, es lo bastante guapo! Sería motivo para apartar al italiano.
EN: Do you think it's so easy to do away with unwelcome evidence?
ES: ¿Crees que es tan fácil deshacerse de pruebas inoportunas?
EN: He wanted to do away with himself.
ES: Quería acabar con su vida.

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