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do without

Verb

Meaning

(chiefly transitive) To manage despite the lack of.

If you are prepared to do without a break in the summer, we could have a really good skiing holiday in winter.
During the Great Depression, she learned to do without.
I could do without the sarcasm.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do,‎ without.

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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. Aristotle

Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark. John Climacus

How many things I can do without. Socrates

When it's time to fry the beans, you can't do without lard. Mexican Proverb

Use it up, make do, or do without. American Proverb

No one is rich enough to do without his neighbour. Danish Proverb

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