make away with

make away with
1 she decided to make away with him: KILL, murder, dispatch, eliminate; informal bump off, do away with, do in, do for, knock off, top, croak, stiff, blow away; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, smoke, waste; poetic/literary slay.
2 they made away with the evidence: DISPOSE OF, get rid of, destroy, throw away, jettison, ditch, dump; informal do away with.
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phrasal
1. : to carry off
4. : consume, eat

made away with the whole pie

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make away with
1. To steal, run off with
2. To destroy (archaic)
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Main Entry: ↑away

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ˌmake a ˈway with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they make away with he/she/it makes away with present participle making away with past tense made away with past participle made away with] phrasal verb
to escape with something that you have stolen

The burglars made away with all their silverware.

Thesaurus: to escape from a place or situationsynonym to steal, or steal somethingsynonym
Main entry: make

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another way of saying make off with
■ kill (someone) furtively and illicitly

for all we know she could have been made away with

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make away with [phrasal verb]
make away with (something) literary : to steal and take away (something)

Someone had made away with [=made off with] all the money.

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Main Entry: ↑make

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