make away with

make away with idiom
  1. Carry off, steal, as in The burglars made away with all their jewelry. [Late 1600s]
  2. Use up, consume, as in The boys made away with all the sandwiches. This usage was first recorded in 1843.
  3. Kill, destroy, as in We decided to make away with the old horse. [c. 1500] Also see do away with, def. 2.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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