do without

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do without

verb does without · doing without · did without · done without

transitive To manage despite the lack of. Coordinate term: go without
Similar: dispense with, eschew

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verb manage

Español	apañárselas, arreglárselas, ingeniárselas, componérselas, prescindir de ello, vivir sin ello
Français	se passer de
Italiano	fare a meno
Русский	обходи́ться obxodítʹsja, обойти́сь obojtísʹ
العربية	اِسْتَغْنَى istaḡnā

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@misc{do_without_2026,
  title = {do without},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/do%20without},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}