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Phrase(s): do without (someone or something)
to manage or get along without someone or something that is needed or expected. • I guess I will have to do without dinner. • Yes, you’ll do without., Phrase(s): do without
Go to go without.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Manage in spite of being without something. For example, They will just have to do without a vacation this year, or There was no telephone in the cabin, but we soon learned to do without. [Early 1700s]
American Heritage Idioms