put out of the way
Example Sentences
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They are significant only because two English children are sent to their home for breakfast while a sick pet is put out of the way.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It was necessary that I should be put out of the way.
From In Both Worlds by Holcombe, William Henry
The sheep must scatter, if the Shepherd were put out of the way.
From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I by Dods, Marcus
So the Lord chose Da-vid to be king when Saul should be put out of the way.
From Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood by Pollard, Josephine
But they could not understand why Herr Major had gone to the trouble to have the prisoner sent after him to Tirlemont, instead of having him put out of the way without further delay.
From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)