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

The Emperor's favorite food is persimmons, and he keeps careful track of every persimmon that enters the palace lest someone make away with it.

From Time Magazine Archive

It did not soothe him to find that the thieves had managed to make away with some thirty or forty dollars' worth of our property.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames