away with you

Example Sentences

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"When you got to meet people for the first time - dignitaries, famous people - it was how you were taught to react to these people that you took away with you," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2023

It will also give insight into which child is bored and which child may be depressed, which child needs more work and which child needs a weekend away with you.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2022

However, I was talking to my mother about this and she thinks it’s a terrible idea because it’s “buying friendship” and “if they want to go away with you, they’ll pay for themselves.”

From Slate • May 11, 2020

Mary: “But now you’ll take them away with you to Boston.”

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2015

And I soon realized that he himself suspected that the system could probably just do away with you if it wanted to.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover