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.
make

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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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  • make away with — {v.}, {informal} Take; carry away; cause to disappear. * /The lumberjack made away with a great stack of pancakes./ * /Two masked men held up the clerk and made away with the payroll./ Compare: MAKE OFF …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • make away with — {v.}, {informal} Take; carry away; cause to disappear. * /The lumberjack made away with a great stack of pancakes./ * /Two masked men held up the clerk and made away with the payroll./ Compare: MAKE OFF …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • To make away with — Make Make (m[=a]k), v. i. 1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A scurvy, jack a nape priest to meddle or make. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To make away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make away with — phrasal 1. to carry off ; steal 2. kill …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • make away with — verb a) to steal b) to transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate …   Wiktionary

  • Away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Away with — Away A*way , adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.] 1. From a place; hence. [1913 Webster] The sound is going away. Shak. [1913 Webster] Have me away, for I am sore wounded. 2 Chron. xxxv. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Absent; gone; at a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • To make up with — Make Make (m[=a]k), v. i. 1. To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A scurvy, jack a nape priest to meddle or make. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • make off with — phrasal to take away; especially grab, steal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • To make way with — Way Way, adv. [Aphetic form of away.] Away. [Obs. or Archaic] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] {To do way}, to take away; to remove. [Obs.] Do way your hands. Chaucer. {To make way with}, to make away with. See under {Away}. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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