doing away with

  • 1doing away with — index dispatch (act of putting to death) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2do away with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms do away with : present tense I/you/we/they do away with he/she/it does away with present participle doing away with past tense did away with past participle done away with 1) do away with something to get rid… …

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  • 3get away with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms get away with : present tense I/you/we/they get away with he/she/it gets away with present participle getting away with past tense got away with past participle got away with 1) get away with something to… …

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  • 4get away with — verb a) To do something which is prohibited, forbidden or generally not allowed, and not be punished for the action Do you think we could get away with taking Dad’s car? b) To avoid doing something, or to avoid the consequences of not doing… …

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  • 5get away with — PHRASAL VERB If you get away with doing something wrong or risky, you do not suffer any punishment or other bad consequences because of it. [V P P n/ ing] The criminals know how to play the system and get away with it... [V P P n/ ing] This is… …

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  • 6get away with — (something) to avoid blame, punishment, or criticism for doing something bad. She cheated on the test and thought she could get away with it …

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  • 7Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) — Infobox Single Name = Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me) Artist = The Temptations Album = Sky s the Limit B side = You Make Your Own Heaven and Hell Right Here on Earth Released = January 14, 1971 Format = 7 single Recorded = Hitsville… …

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  • 8get away with murder — To do as one pleases yet escape punishment or censure • • • Main Entry: ↑murder * * * get away with murder informal phrase to do whatever you want without being stopped or punished They get away with murder in that job. Thesaurus: to escape or… …

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  • 9To get away with — Get Get (g[e^]t), v. i. 1. To make acquisition; to gain; to profit; to receive accessions; to be increased. [1913 Webster] We mourn, France smiles; we lose, they daily get. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To arrive at, or bring one s self into, a state,… …

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  • 10get away with sth — UK US get away with sth Phrasal Verb with get({{}}/get/ verb ( tt , got, got, or US gotten) ► to succeed in avoiding punishment for something ► to do something successfully although it is not the best way of doing it: »In these fraud cases,… …

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