Brewer's: Make away with

(To). To squander; to put out of the way; to murder. The French verb défaire is used sometimes in a similar way; as, “Il tâcha de se défaire secrètement de ses pariers.”

Make away with Oneself
(To) To commit suicide.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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