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
Cromwell refused to be thus put out of the way, and Deane followed his example.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
He knows that his whole party could as easily have been put out of the way.
From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
You're trying to place the blame on me and switch things around so that I'll be put out of the way.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
What, however, he pointed to as the strongest proof of his royalty was the fact, he alleged, that every one who could have testified to his identity had been suddenly put out of the way.
From Claimants to Royalty by Ingram, John M.
