away with

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away with - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Away \A*way"\, adv. [AS. aweg, anweg, onweg; on on + weg way.]
     1. From a place; hence.
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              The sound is going away.              --Shak.
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              Have me away, for I am sore wounded.  --2 Chron.
                                                    xxxv. 23.
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     2. Absent; gone; at a distance; as, the master is away from
        home.
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     3. Aside; off; in another direction.
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              The axis of rotation is inclined away from the sun.
                                                    --Lockyer.
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     4. From a state or condition of being; out of existence.
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              Be near me when I fade away.          --Tennyson.
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     5. By ellipsis of the verb, equivalent to an imperative: Go
        or come away; begone; take away.
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              And the Lord said . . . Away, get thee down. --Exod.
                                                    xix. 24.
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     6. On; in continuance; without intermission or delay; as,
        sing away. [Colloq.]
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     Note: It is much used in phrases signifying moving or going
           from; as, go away, run away, etc.; all signifying
           departure, or separation to a distance. Sometimes
           without the verb; as, whither away so fast ? "Love hath
           wings, and will away." --Waller. It serves to modify
           the sense of certain verbs by adding that of removal,
           loss, parting with, etc.; as, to throw away; to trifle
           away; to squander away, etc. Sometimes it has merely an
           intensive force; as, to blaze away.
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     Away with, bear, abide. [Obs. or Archaic] "The calling of
        assemblies, I can not away with." (--Isa. i. 13), i. e.,
        "I can not bear or endure [it]."
  
     Away with one, signifies, take him away. "Away with him,
        crucify him." --John xix. 15.
  
     To make away with.
        (a) To kill or destroy.
        (b) To carry off.
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