away with
Finished with something, or gone for good.
Updated September 21, 2026
away with pronunciation
/uh-WAY with/
Meaning
Marks the end of a thing: you are done with it, or it has left the picture. "I'm away with that nonsense" means you have quit it. Said about a season, a habit, or a person, it can also mean gone.
How folks use it
- “I'm away with worrying about that old truck.”
- “Once frost hits, the garden's away with.”
Origin and etymology
Built from away in the older sense of gone, used up, or brought to an end. English has long used away for disappearance and finishing (melt away, waste away). Rural Southern talk keeps the with pairing for "done with" or "gone." Exact first dialect citations are thin, so treat the path as plain spoken English rather than a single inventor story.