Phrase guide

go without

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To forgo (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive, idiomatic

Examples

  • If you forgot to bring your toothpaste, you'll have to go without.
  • Sometimes Tyson went whole months without practicing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To lack or be deprived of (something).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive, idiomatic

Examples

  • The poor man's children went without supper.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: obywać się bez — (transitive)
  • Polish: obyć się bez — (transitive)
  • Spanish: prescindir de — (transitive)
  • Spanish: pasar sin — (transitive)
  • Spanish: pasarse sin — (transitive)
  • Spanish: pasar privaciones de — (transitive)
  • Spanish: prescindir — (intransitive)
  • Spanish: pasar privaciones — (intransitive)