makes away with
phrase
1
as in makes off with
to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully They made away with the baby in the middle of the night. Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- makes off with
- abducts
- runs off with
- snatches
- captures
- takes
- kidnaps
- spirits
- waylays
- seizes
- impresses
- catches
- crimps
- absconds (with)
- shanghais
- hijacks
- steals
- cops
- highjacks
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- delivers
- returns
- rescues
- redeems
- restores
- ransoms
2
as in destroys
to deprive of life The gangster's henchmen made away with several of his rivals. Synonyms & Similar Words
- destroys
- kills
- slays
- does away with
- carries off
- does for
- claims
- dispatches
- does in
- takes
- murders
- fells
- cuts down
- takes out
- puts away
- kills off
- croaks
- slaughters
- wastes
- blots out
- assassinates
- rubs out
- knocks off
- offs
- finishes
- butchers
- bumps off
- neutralizes
- snuffs
- ices
- massacres
- executes
- whacks
- gets
- mows
- annihilates
- terminates
- smites
- martyrs
- puts down
- decimates
- scrags
- suicides
- euthanatizes
- euthanizes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- raises
- restores
- animates
- revives
- resurrects
- resuscitates
- nurtures
3
as in steals
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep The thief made away with merchandise worth thousands of dollars. Synonyms & Similar Words
- steals
- swipes
- makes off with
- rips off
- lifts
- walks off with
- grabs
- runs off with
- thieves
- pockets
- appropriates
- robs
- filches
- pilfers
- purloins
- misappropriates
- hooks
- snatches
- snitches
- pinches
- nicks
- nips
- heists
- boosts
- takes
- hijacks
- knocks over
- picks
- sacks
- loots
- plunders
- seizes
- rifles
- pillages
- spirits
- rustles
- sponges
- poaches
- collars
- burglarizes
- highjacks
- shoplifts
- nails
- abducts
- grasps
- kidnaps
- carjacks
- mooches
- shanghais
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- purchases
- buys
- presents
- gives
- contributes
- hands over
- bestows
- donates