do without
to forgo; manage without: I can't do without cigarettes
not to require (uncalled-for comments or advice): we can do without your criticisms thank you
Words Nearby do without
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How to use do without in a sentence
It was a dwelling place of unusual pretentiousness for that land of "Do-without," where inexorable meagerness is the rule of life.
A Pagan of the Hills | Charles Neville Buck
Other Idioms and Phrases with do without
Manage in spite of being without something. For example, They will just have to do without a vacation this year, or There was no telephone in the cabin, but we soon learned to do without. [Early 1700s]
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