do away with sth
— phrasal verb with do uk/də//du//duː/us/də//du//duː/verb did, done
C1 to get rid of something or stop using something:
These ridiculous rules and regulations should have been done away with years ago.
Computerization has enabled us to do away with a lot of paperwork.
How could they do away with a beautiful old building like that and put a car park there instead?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- haemodialysis
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- unplug
- weed
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Destroying and demolishing