do away with

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'abolir, d'éliminer ou de se débarrasser de quelque chose, ou (familier) de tuer quelqu'un.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of abolishing, eliminating, or getting rid of something, or (informally) killing someone.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · transitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Abolish or eliminateinformal

   To put an end to something, such as a rule, system, or practice.

   abolir, supprimer

   • The company decided to do away with the old dress code.
   • Many countries have done away with the death penalty.
   • We should do away with unnecessary paperwork.

   Synonymesabolishabrogateannulcanceleliminateenderadicateinvalidatenullifyquashremoverepealrescindrevoketerminate

   Antonymescreateestablishfoundinstituteintroduce

2. Kill or murderinformal

   To kill someone or something, often in a euphemistic way.

   Supprimer, tuer

   • The villain threatened to do away with the witness.
   • In the story, the king did away with his rivals.
   • The farmer had to do away with the injured animal.

   Synonymesassassinatebump offdispatcheliminateexecutekillmurderslaytake outterminatewhack

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