Definition of "do away with" [do away with]

• To destroy, eliminate, or make an end of. (verb)

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• "Hence it is that the Biblical Commission (1 May, 1910) rejects the opinion of those who do away with the Messianic and prophetic character of the Psalms and refer only to the future lot of the Chosen People those words which are prophecies concerning Christ."
• "Could we be so happy as to cut one of them off, supposing it should not exceed four, five or six hundred men, it would inspirit the people and do away with much of their present anxiety."
• "However strongly the Pantheistic conception of the world may appeal to the philosophic minded, it cannot do away with the obvious data of experience."