DISPENSE WITH Definition & Meaning

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dispense with

Manage without, forgo, as in We can dispense with the extra help . Shakespeare had this idiom in Timon of Athens (3:2): “Men must learn now with pity to dispense.” [c. 1600]
Exempt one from a law, promise, or obligation, as in He asked the court to dispense with swearing on the Bible . This usage originally applied to religious obligations (to which the Pope granted dispensation ). [Early 1500s]
Get rid of, do away with, as in The European Union is trying to dispense with tariff barriers . [Late 1500s]

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This isn’t the first time the show — perennially under pressure to trim its often bloated runtime — has dispensed with the original song performances.

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It will shut down its remaining 61 cafés and, as well as pizza and patisserie, will also dispense with its hot food counters.

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Yet they repeatedly manipulated and dispensed with the truth while in office on behalf of themselves and their commander in chief.

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Well beyond their years, the kids expressed a suffering that doesn’t dispense with beauty.

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Guardiola prefers to work with a tighter squad of elite players and is notoriously reluctant to keep those who may wish to move on - often dispensing with them ruthlessly.

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