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Away with
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
AWAY WITH . This phrase is used idiomatically with the force of a verb in Isaiah 1:13 ‘the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with,’ i.e. tolerate. This verb is omitted (= ‘get away with,’ i.e. in mod. English ‘get on with’).
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Away with'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/a/away-with.html. 1909.