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Phrasal Verbs / PHRASA~1

Do away with

do away with & does away with doing away with did away with done away with

1. do away with p.v. When you do away with something, you eliminate it or prohibit it.

Doing away with smoking is not something that will happen soon.

Some people think the electoral college is obsolete and should be done away with.

2. do away with p.v. When you do away with people, you kill them.

Marvin inherited a fortune after he did away with his older brother.

The woman was accused of doing away with her husband with arsenic.

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Infinitive

present tense

-ing form

past tense

past participle

do without

do without & does without

doing without

did without

done without

1. do without p.v. When you do without something, you continue living or working without something that you want or need because it is not possible or available.

Washing your hair everyday is something you have to do without when you go camping.

Doing without is something you get used to when you're poor.