make away with

present singular third person makes away with · participle present making away with · participle past made away with · past made away with

1. To steal; to escape with ill-gotten gains.

   Thieves made away with £50,000 of jewellery in last night's heist.

2. To transfer or alienate; hence, to spend; to dissipate.
3. obsoleteTo do away with; to destroy.

   We talked of a man’s drowning himself.―Johnson. “I should never think it time to make away with myself.”

   1785, James Boswell, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, page 50

4. To be excused from punishment after committing (an offense).
5. To be excused from punishment after committing (an offense). College applicants can make away with a few office referrals and maybe a detention, but students who have been suspended or expelled may not be accepted.
   1. College applicants can make away with a few office referrals and maybe a detention, but students who have been suspended or expelled may not be accepted.

      Synonyms: make off with