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

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I believe the answer is:

wore down

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

'word no we did away with' is the wordplay.
'no' becomes 'O' (resembles 0 - 'no' can mean 'zero').
'did' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'done' mean this).
'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'

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