Phrase guide

do without

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To manage despite the lack of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • Coordinate term: go without
  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dispense with, eschew

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِسْتَغْنَى (istaḡnā) — manage
  • Danish: undvære — manage
  • Danish: klare sig uden — manage
  • Finnish: tulla toimeen ilman — manage
  • Finnish: pärjätä ilman — manage
  • French: se passer de — manage
  • Hungarian: lemond — manage
  • Hungarian: elvan — manage
  • Hungarian: megvan — manage
  • Ido: karear — manage
  • Italian: fare a meno — manage
  • Polish: obywać się bez — manage
  • Polish: obyć się bez — manage
  • Russian: обходи́ться (obxodítʹsja) — manage
  • Russian: обойти́сь (obojtísʹ) — manage
  • Spanish: apañárselas — manage
  • Spanish: arreglárselas — manage
  • Spanish: ingeniárselas — manage
  • Spanish: componérselas — manage
  • Spanish: prescindir de ello — manage
  • Spanish: vivir sin ello — manage
  • Spanish: sobrarle — manage
  • Spanish: pasar sin — manage
  • Spanish: pasarse sin — manage
  • Swedish: klara sig utan — manage
  • Turkish: idare etmek — manage