do away with

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Very likely a continuation of Old English onweġ dōn (“to get rid of”, literally “to do away”, from onweġ (“away”) and dōn (“to do”, also “to make, cause, put”)), via a Middle English *awey don, *oway don, *don awey, and other forms. The preposition with was probably also already in use from the outset, given how its original meaning is “against” (still seen in e.g. argue with, withstand and have a fight with). The original meaning of the phrase was therefore on the lines of “to put away against (someone or something)” or “to make/cause (s.o./sth. to go) away”, which are long-obsolete senses of do.

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: desfer-se — abolish; put an end to
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢除 /废除 (fèichú) — abolish; put an end to
• Chinese Mandarin: 終止 /终止 (zhōngzhǐ) — abolish; put an end to
• Chinese Mandarin: 消除 (xiāochú) — abolish; put an end to
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢止 /废止 (fèizhǐ) — abolish; put an end to
• Chinese Mandarin: 化解 (huàjiě) — abolish; put an end to
• Chinese Mandarin: 銷毀 /销毁 (xiāohuǐ) — abolish; put an end to
• Chinese Mandarin: 克服 (kèfú) — abolish; put an end to
• Finnish: päästä eroon — abolish; put an end to
• Finnish: tehdä loppu — abolish; put an end to
• Finnish: lopettaa — abolish; put an end to
• French: en finir (avec) — abolish; put an end to
• German: abschaffen — abolish; put an end to
• Greek: καταργώ (katargó) — abolish; put an end to
• Japanese: 止める (yameru) — abolish; put an end to
• Latin: interimō — abolish; put an end to
• Persian: منسوخ کردن (mansux kardan) — abolish; put an end to
• Polish: pozbywać się — abolish; put an end to
• Polish: pozbyć się — abolish; put an end to
• Portuguese: acabar — abolish; put an end to
• Spanish: desechar — abolish; put an end to
• Spanish: deshacerse de — abolish; put an end to
• Welsh: gwneud i ffwrdd (â) — abolish; put an end to
• Chinese Mandarin: 謀殺 /谋杀 (móushā) — have someone killed
• Chinese Mandarin: 殺害 /杀害 (shāhài) — have someone killed
• Chinese Mandarin: 除掉 (chúdiào) — have someone killed
• Chinese Mandarin: 暗殺 /暗杀 (ànshā) — have someone killed
• Danish: rydde af vejen — have someone killed
• Finnish: tapattaa — have someone killed
• Greek: σκοτώνω (skotóno) — have someone killed
• Greek: βγάζω από τη μέση — have someone killed
• Ancient Greek: ἀποποιέω (apopoiéō) — have someone killed
• Hungarian: eltesz láb alól — have someone killed
• Italian: fare fuori — have someone killed
• Polish: pozbywać się — have someone killed
• Polish: pozbyć się — have someone killed
• Russian: прико́нчить (prikónčitʹ) — have someone killed