do-without

Verb

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

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.
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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