单词 | to make away with |
释义 | > as lemmasto make away with to make away with 1. intransitive. To put (a person) out of the way, put to death; euphemistic to kill. Cf. to make away 3 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now frequently reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > kill [verb (transitive)] swevec725 quelmeOE slayc893 quelleOE of-falleOE ofslayeOE aquellc950 ayeteeOE spillc950 beliveOE to bring (also do) of (one's) life-dayOE fordoa1000 forfarea1000 asweveOE drepeOE forleseOE martyrOE to do (also i-do, draw) of lifeOE bringc1175 off-quellc1175 quenchc1175 forswelta1225 adeadc1225 to bring of daysc1225 to do to deathc1225 to draw (a person) to deathc1225 murder?c1225 aslayc1275 forferec1275 to lay to ground, to earth (Sc. at eird)c1275 martyrc1300 strangle1303 destroya1325 misdoa1325 killc1330 tailc1330 to take the life of (also fro)c1330 enda1340 to kill to (into, unto) death1362 brittena1375 deadc1374 to ding to deathc1380 mortifya1382 perisha1387 to dight to death1393 colea1400 fella1400 kill out (away, down, up)a1400 to slay up or downa1400 swelta1400 voida1400 deliverc1400 starvec1425 jugylc1440 morta1450 to bring to, on, or upon (one's) bierc1480 to put offc1485 to-slaya1500 to make away with1502 to put (a person or thing) to silencec1503 rida1513 to put downa1525 to hang out of the way1528 dispatch?1529 strikea1535 occidea1538 to firk to death, (out) of lifec1540 to fling to deathc1540 extinct1548 to make out of the way1551 to fet offa1556 to cut offc1565 to make away?1566 occise1575 spoil1578 senda1586 to put away1588 exanimate1593 unmortalize1593 speed1594 unlive1594 execute1597 dislive1598 extinguish1598 to lay along1599 to make hence1605 conclude1606 kill off1607 disanimate1609 feeze1609 to smite, stab in, under the fifth rib1611 to kill dead1615 transporta1616 spatch1616 to take off1619 mactate1623 to make meat of1632 to turn up1642 inanimate1647 pop1649 enecate1657 cadaverate1658 expedite1678 to make dog's meat of1679 to make mincemeat of1709 sluice1749 finisha1753 royna1770 still1778 do1780 deaden1807 deathifyc1810 to lay out1829 cool1833 to use up1833 puckeroo1840 to rub out1840 cadaverize1841 to put under the sod1847 suicide1852 outkill1860 to fix1875 to put under1879 corpse1884 stiffen1888 tip1891 to do away with1899 to take out1900 stretch1902 red-light1906 huff1919 to knock rotten1919 skittle1919 liquidate1924 clip1927 to set over1931 creasea1935 ice1941 lose1942 to put to sleep1942 zap1942 hit1955 to take down1967 wax1968 trash1973 ace1975 the world > life > death > killing > suicide > [verb (reflexive)] murderc1175 spill1390 spoil1578 to make away1581 massacre1591 misdo1599 self-murder1648 to lay violent hands on (or upon)1662 to make away with1667 to rip up1807 suicide1818 1502 Townley in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 164 There was a servant of yours, and a kynsman of myne, was myschevously made away with. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H5 For mony I am persuaded they [sc. physicians] can make away with any whom they haue accesse vnto. 1628 tr. P. Matthieu Powerfull Favorite 11 Tiberius had resolued to make away with Germanicus. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 24 Feb. (1974) VIII. 82 She..it seems..hath endeavoured to make away with herself often. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 90 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. That to prevent unmarried Actresses making away with their Infants, a competent Provision be allow'd for the Nurture of them. 1756 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. I. 87 His relations pretend that he was made away with by poison. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man i. 8 These were the very words of poor Dick Doleful to me not a week before he made away with himself. 1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour v. 514 Feeling unhappy in the celebration of such a triumph, she..made away with herself by plunging into the Vistula. 1856 C. Reade It is never too Late I. xii. 200 He was a lunatic, and would have made away with himself anywhere. 1862 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 23 242 The owl nightly makes away with more mice than the very best of cats. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Strange Case Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 72 He was made away with, eight days ago, when we heard him cry out upon the name of God. 1942 ‘M. Innes’ Daffodil Affair iii. i. 82 But you don't think that Wine will make away with us simply because we are policemen. 1955 ‘N. Shute’ Requiem for Wren (1956) 14 You don't think she had any motive for wanting to make away with herself, Mother? 1968 Punch 12 June 858/3 Pet does [i.e. female rabbits] unconcernedly making away with their blind and naked young. 1986 J. Gloag Only Yesterday (1988) 85 It wasn't so long after that Mr Robinson made away with himself. 2. intransitive. To remove from its rightful place or ownership; to get rid of; to dissipate, squander; to destroy fraudulently; to steal. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > steal [verb (intransitive)] stealc725 thievec920 bribec1405 pluck?a1425 prowl1546 strike1567 to make away with1691 fake1819 snam1824 snig1862 to help oneself1868 boost1912 score1914 snoop1924 1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 407 It will not be difficult to conceive, how the Roman Clergy can make away with these vast Revenues they are possessed of. 1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality II. viii. 31 They would..make away with the effects. 1781 D. Williams tr. Voltaire Dramatic Wks. II. 132 I will make away with my castle and dowry to support the cause. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. i. 61 ‘Thirteen pence sterling’, this was what the Convent got from Lackland, for all the victuals he and his had made away with. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 572 He had burned the writs, made away with the seal [etc.]. 1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 77 §26 If any person designedly makes away with..any thing issued to him as a volunteer. 1883 K. S. Macquoid Her Sailor Love III. vii. iv. 115 It's an ugly thing to make away with a letter. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 302/2 The shipowner is not liable for loss..by the robbery or embezzlement of or making away with gold or silver or jewellery. 1955 M. Wheeler Still Digging (1958) 139 Cresswell compels reluctant policeman to march the offending carter..to the nearest police-station;..crowd makes away with cart and donkey. 1974 P. G. Wodehouse Aunts aren't Gentlemen iv. 34 ‘What are you doing with that cat,’ he demanded hoarsely... ‘You were making away with it... Stealing it.’ < as lemmas |
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