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Phrase(s): go without (someone or something)
to manage without a particular type of person or thing. • I can’t go without a doctor much longer. • I need a doctor now. I simply can’t go without. • We can go without food for only so long., Phrase(s): go without [and] do without
to manage while not having any of something that is needed; to not have any of something. • We were a poor family and usually went without. • I didn’t have enough money to buy a new coat so I did without.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs