doing away with
Putting an end
Doing away with is eliminating or abolishing something: The company is doing away with its dress code.
It can also mean killing, though this use sounds dated or euphemistic: The detective suspected someone of doing away with the old man for his inheritance.
- getting rid ofRemoving or discarding
- eliminatingRemoving from consideration
- exterminationComplete destruction of a group
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- wiping outDestroying completely
outlaw · assassination · ban · abolish · purge · nullify · obliterate · discard · throwing out · replace · invalidate · annihilate · repeal · pare down · eject · uproot · weeding out · expel
doing away withpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
keeping · maintaining · retaining · conserving · safeguarding
doing away withestablishing
Creating or setting up
instituting · introducing · creating · bringing in · setting up
doing away withintroducing
Making first acquaintance
bringing in · instituting · implementing · adopting · installing
doing, undoing, undone, away, with, without, withdraw, withdrawal, withdrawn