making away with

phrase

present participle of make away with
1
as in making 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 destroying
to deprive of life The gangster's henchmen made away with several of his rivals.

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3
as in stealing
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 making away with
  1. doing away with
  2. walking off with
  3. doing for
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  • That's why Rod Brind'Amour, head coach of the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, is in favor of doing away with it entirely.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Not only was Navatek’s direct line to Capitol Hill gone, but Congress was doing away with the abuse-riddled earmark process.
    — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • The 23-year-old crumpled to the ground, clutching his left hand before walking off with trainers.
    — Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of walking off with
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  • The ones who skip it typically find out the hard way how much invisible work the parent company’s infrastructure was doing for them.
    — Miki Kapoor, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Of equal effort but requiring far more generosity is the work Min Jin Lee has been doing for over 30 years, telling stories about the integrity of the human spirit that span time and continents.
    — Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2026
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“Making away with.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/making%20away%20with. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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