do without
phrasal verbdo without (somebody/something)
- to manage without somebody/something
- She can't do without a secretary.
- If they can't get it to us in time, we'll just have to do without.
- do without doing something (ironic) I could have done without being (= I wish I had not been) woken up so early.
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