put out of the way
Example Sentences
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They are significant only because two English children are sent to their home for breakfast while a sick pet is put out of the way.
From Time Magazine Archive
But they could not understand why Herr Major had gone to the trouble to have the prisoner sent after him to Tirlemont, instead of having him put out of the way without further delay.
From The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
To be sure, he might return to Selawik unless entirely put out of the way, but that risk would have to be borne.
From The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska by Sullivan, May Kellogg
Sometimes the thought has occurred to me that they were the children of sin, and put out of the way to escape shame being painted upon the back of their parents.
From Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement by Smith, George
Two of these land-sharks were watching our motions under the rocks; fortunately, they were observed, and put out of the way in time.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III by Various
