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
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)
To be sure, he might return to Selawik unless entirely put out of the way, but that risk would have to be borne.
From The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska by Sullivan, May Kellogg
Could it be possible that he had been put out of the way by this villain, who, for some reason unknown to any but himself, was now desirous of disposing of her also?
From Fire Cloud The Mysterious Cave. A Story of Indians and Pirates. by Fletcher, Samuel H.
Every tell-tale circumstance was put out of the way, and the night of watching locked up among the most precious stores of Diana's memory.
From Diana by Warner, Susan
