do without

Variant of without

without definition

with·out (wit̸h o̵ut′, wit̸h-)

adverb

  1. on the outside; externally
  2. outside a building or place; out-of-doors

Etymology: ME withuten < OE withutan < with, with + utan, from outside, without < ut, out

  1. Now Rare at, on, to, or toward the outside of throngs within and without the city walls
  2. Archaic beyond without his reach
  3. not with; lacking; not accompanied by a shirt without buttons, lonely without her
  4. free from without fear
  5. with avoidance of to pass by without speaking
  6. Obsolete besides

noun

Now Rare the outside or the exterior

conjunction

Dialectal unless they can't go, without they get permission
without Idioms

go without

or do without
to manage although lacking something implied or previously mentioned

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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