Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Make away with (To).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Make away with (To).

To squander; to put out of the way; to murder. The French verb défaire is used sometimes in a similar way; as, “Il tâcha de se défaire secrètement de ses pariers.”	1

Make a Virtue of Necessity (To).

Make away with Oneself (To)

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