done away with
Abolished or removed
Done away with means eliminated, abolished, or gotten rid of.
Laws, customs, and institutions get done away with: The committee voted to do away with the old dress code.
The phrase can also mean killed, especially in a premeditated way: They suspected she had done away with her husband for the insurance money.
- got rid ofRemoved from possession
- eradicateDestroy completely, utterly
- put an end toCause to cease permanently
- abolishOfficially end a practice
- struck downKnocked to the ground
withdraw · expunge · exterminate · supplant · substitute · repeal · annihilate · wiped out · proscribe · banish · purge · obliterate · suppress · stamped out · mothballed · rescind · dissolve · nullify
done away withpreserved
Kept from deterioration
kept · retained · maintained · conserved · safeguarded
done away withestablished
Formally set up
instituted · introduced · created · set up · brought in
done away withrestored
Returned to original condition
reinstated · brought back · revived · reintroduced · resurrected