away with you

Example Sentences

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Library director Richard Reyes-Gavilan promised that no linear shelf space will be lost in the renovation, suggesting that this won’t be one of those library transformations that does away with, you know, the books.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2017

Mary: “But now you’ll take them away with you to Boston.”

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2015

If you feel your thoughts are running away with you, tell your obstetrician and seek help.

From Slate • Nov. 12, 2014

So in participants' minds, doing "what is right" was replaced by doing what is OK by the lawyers and the compliance officers: Doing what you can get away with, you might call it.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2012

"And you, dog, away with you, you're scaring my betrothed."

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin