do away with

Example Sentences

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"If there's any way they could do away with the 12.30, 12.45 kick-off… the 4am wake-up is not fun in the United States."

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“I just think that we need to do away with that argument,” he said, suggesting it was being pushed by opponents for lack of a coherent vision or winning message of their own.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

You could do away with that practice, but that’s not what this settlement is going to accomplish.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

The importance of the toys, which mostly come from China, means the company won’t do away with them again even with a “fairly significant” impact from tariffs, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

And I soon realized that he himself suspected that the system could probably just do away with you if it wanted to.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover