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View synonyms for make away

make away

verb

  1. to depart in haste
  2. make away with
    1. to steal or abduct
    2. to kill, destroy, or get rid of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

They must not, however, in any case shed blood, and dare only make away with their victim by strangling.

He had been known to make away with the materials of Lolly's detestable occupation when he got the chance.

Quiroga had seen the elevation of Rosas with ill-concealed disgust, and the new Dictator resolved to make away with him.

Far more would they have been pleased to see the animals turn tail, and make away from them.

The farmer and Rhoda, deeming that there had been a show of inhospitality, pressed him to make away with this forlorn remainder.

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