English

Verb

do without ‎(third-person singular simple present does without, present participle doing without, simple past and past participle done without)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see do,‎ without.

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

2. To manage despite the lack of something.

   During the Great Depression, she learned to do without.

Usage notes

• There is a special idiomatic use with the modal can. See can do without, and could do without.
• The negative is normally formed using can't. I can't do without my summer break. Other modal verbs can be used for different intonations of the negative aspect.

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