made away with

phrase

past tense of make away with
1
as in made off with
to carry away (as a person) forcibly or unlawfully They made away with the baby in the middle of the night.

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2
as in destroyed
to deprive of life The gangster's henchmen made away with several of his rivals.

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3
as in stole
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep The thief made away with merchandise worth thousands of dollars.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for made away with
  1. did away with
  2. did for
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  • Prime Minister Janez Janša recently scraped together a coalition that did away with the country’s leftist leader, Robert Golob.
    — Tyler Speicher, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Straight Pop If there were any rules left in rap music, then the last few years of intrusive thought rap to come out of Atlanta and the larger Georgia area did away with them altogether.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026
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  • Even then, parting with Harper or Schwarber could backfire the way parting with Pete Alonso did for the New York Mets.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Conover told The Times that payments made by the campaign to a company connected to him were not for his posts but for video work one of his staffers did for Raman’s campaign.
    — Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
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“Made away with.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/made%20away%20with. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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