do without

phrasal verb

did without; done without; doing without; does without

: to not have (something) : to live, work, etc., without having (something)

If you can't afford a new car, you'll just have to do without (one).

I don't know how we ever did without computers.

—can/could do without is often used to say that one does not like or approve of something

I enjoy traveling, but I can do without having to wait around in crowded airports.

He was late again. That's the kind of selfish behavior I could do without.

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Oh, and how is the Heat doing without Butler on its current six-game West Coast trip? —

Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2025 Wyle embodies what is both controlled (and nurturing) and unraveling (and dangerous) about Robby well enough that the show probably could do without his COVID flashbacks, which are a needless violation of the format. —

Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Jan. 2025 This can be done without adding extra compute time, Earley argues, because currently transistor switching times are kept comparatively slow to avoid generating too much heat. —

IEEE Spectrum, 2 Jan. 2025 Feeling her way around the edges of the gifts and cutting the appropriate amount of paper seemed a task impossible to do without sight. —

Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for do without