make away

Example Sentences

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LeBron James or Kevin Durant, the kind of money they make away from the floor is greater because they play in a sport with a salary cap.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 6, 2019

Ultimately, Sam's able to steal the keys and make away with the books — and learn some pretty essential information.

From Time • Jul. 17, 2017

Now, after his death, we were struggling to make away with it all.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2015

Even in Arizona, which has the nation's toughest plant-protection law and pistol-packing lawmen to back it up, cactus rustlers make away with an estimated $500,000 to $1 million worth of plants each year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of course, even from the strictly economical view, it was far the best policy to make away with these surpluses where they stood.

From To Lhassa at Last by Millington, Powell