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Definition of do without phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

do without

phrasal verb
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do without (somebody/something)
  1. 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.
See do without in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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