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Make off with / Run off with

To make off with something is to steal it. The burglars made off with our television and computer. Somebody has made off with my purse. The phrasal verb run off with has the same...

Do away with | Phrasal verb

To do away with a law is to abolish or cancel it. The parliament must do away with the controversial property act. These stupid rules should have been done away with decades ago. If...