do without

present singular third person does without · participle present doing without · past did without · participle past done without

1. transitiveTo manage despite the lack of.

   Coordinate term: go without

   5 more examples

   If you are prepared to do without a break in the summer, we could have a really good skiing holiday in winter.

   During the Great Depression, she learned to do without.

   I could do without the sarcasm.

   Let us consider the charges against this individual. Let us ask, Can we do without him?

   1916 March 11, H.G. Wells, “What is Coming”, in Saturday Evening Post

   We never owned a home. We moved all the time. But we never did without.

   1990 February 4, Pam Mitchell, quoting Gerry Scoppettuolo, “Pro-Union And Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 18

   Synonyms: dispense with, eschew