Finally got our way: the word "no" we did away with (4,4)

'finally got our way' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'word no we did away with' is the wordplay.
'no' becomes 'O' (O resembles 0).
'did' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'doing' mean this (doing can mean solving or working out)).
'away with' becomes 'n' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'word'+'o'+'we'='wordowe'
'wordowe' is an anagram of 'woredow'.
'woredow'+'n'='WORE DOWN'

'the' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?