Do Away With (Verb)
Meaning
Terminate, end, or take out; "Let's eliminate the course on Akkadian hieroglyphics"; "Socialism extinguished these archaic customs"; "eliminate my debts".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The government is working to do away with the old restrictive laws and implement new policies.
- The city council decided to do away with the outdated community center and replace it with a modern recreation facility.
- Their goal was to do away with the unnecessary regulations and simplify the business registration process.
- The new management wants to do away with the cumbersome paperwork and shift to a digital format.
- The health department is trying to do away with the practices that perpetuate the spread of the disease.