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do away with (oneself)
Euph. to commit suicide. The doctor was afraid that Betty would do away with herself. I wouldn't think of doing away with myself.
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do away with something

to get rid of something. This chemical will do away with the stain in your sink. The time has come to do away with that old building.
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do away with somebody
to remove someone from a position or job Blake was disliked by everyone in the office, and Morse did away with him by firing him.
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do away with something

1. to remove or destroy something New treatments for your teeth should do away with the dentist's drill – no more cavities, no more pain!
2. to kill an animal The hunter did away with the injured rabbit.
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So there you have it; a brief explanation on the USB, its functions and how to do away with those pesky driver installation problems that people always encounter.
Elliott Greene, owner of the 12-suite Mangrove Cay Inn on Family Island, is calling on government to do away with the obligatory 15% gratuity for restaurant workers, a 30-year-old policy, billing it as key to increasing the destination's competitive edge in a flat-lined economy, reports The Nassau Guardian (March 6, 2009).
9% of the electorate voted to do away with the Assembly.
 
 
 
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