do_away-with
Chunk: do away with
Meaning & Usage
Do away with is an inseparable, three-part phrasal verb. It means to abolish, remove, or completely put an end to something. In natural English, it is almost exclusively used when talking about removing old rules, systems, physical objects, or traditions that are no longer useful or desired.
🧲 Common Collocates (What do we "do away with"?)
- Rules & Bureaucracy: do away with regulations, do away with the dress code, do away with testing.
- Traditions & Systems: do away with the old system, do away with the monarchy, do away with paper records.
- Physical Items: do away with the old furniture, do away with the penny.
💬 Contextual Examples
- The new management team decided to do away with the mandatory Friday meetings.
- Many schools are trying to do away with standardized testing in favor of project-based grading.
- It is time we did away with this outdated software and upgraded to something modern.
🎴 Interactive Web Practice
Practice 1: The government is planning to do ______ with the old tax laws.
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away Practice 2: We decided to ______ away with the weekly reports to save time.
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do Practice 3: They finally did away ______ the requirement to wear a tie to the office.
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with 🔗 Knowledge Base Connections
- 🔑 Parent Keyword: do
- ⚖️ Synonym Chunk: Natural Grammar/03-Chunks/get-rid-of