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do away with

• remove or put an end to something.
• "some airlines have done away with reclining seats"
Similar: abolish, quash, get rid of, discard, remove, eliminate, discontinue, cancel, stop, end, terminate, put an end to, put a stop to, call a halt to, dispense with, drop, abandon, give up, bin, scrap, ditch, dump, axe, cut out, pack in, get shut of, pull the plug on, knock something on the head, give something the chop, get shot of,
Opposite: uphold,

away with

• used in exhortations to take or send someone or something away, in, out, etc.
• "off with his head"


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