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doing away with

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a⋅way

  [uh-wey]
Use doing away with in a Sentence
–adverb
1. from this or that place; off: to go away.
2. aside; to another place; in another direction: to turn your eyes away; to turn away customers
3. far; apart: away back; away from the subject.
4. out of one's possession or use: to give money away.
5. out of existence or notice; into extinction: to fade away; to idle away the morning.
6. incessantly or relentlessly; repeatedly: He kept hammering away.
7. without hesitation: Fire away.
–adjective
8. absent; gone: to be away from home.
9. distant: six miles away.
10. immediately off and on the way: The order was given and he was away.
11. Sports. played in a ball park, arena, or the like, other than the one that is or is assumed to be the center of operations of a team: winners in their last three away games. Compare home (def. 15).
12. Baseball. having been put out: with two away in the top of the seventh.
13. Golf.
a. (of a golf ball) lying farthest from the hole.
b. (of a golfer) having hit such a ball and being required to play first.
—Verb phrase
14. do away with,
a. to get rid of; abolish; stop.
b. to kill: Bluebeard did away with all his wives.
—Idioms
15. away with,
a. take away: Away with him!
b. go away! leave!: Away with you!
16. where away? (of something sighted from a ship) in which direction? where?
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE aweg, reduction of on weg. See on, a- 1 , way
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Slang Dictionary
away

  1. mod.
    in prison. (Underworld. See also Are we away?) : My cousin is away for a year.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

away 
O.E. aweg, earlier on weg "on from this (that) place." Colloquial use for "without delay" (fire away, also right away) is from earlier sense of "onward in time" (16c.). Intensive use (e.g. away back) is Amer.Eng., first attested 1818.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

away

Used to refer to a market, quotation, or trade not originating with a particular dealer. For example, a dealer quoting a stock at 15 away would be quoting a price that comes from a different market maker.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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