dispense with

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dispense with

verb dispenses with · dispensing with · dispensed with

  1. transitive To eliminate; to dispose of. I wish he would dispense with the pleasantries and get to the point.
  2. transitive To do without. The people hereabouts, sir, would seem to dispense with street illumination, and it is very dark tonight.

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