do without (somebody)

do without (somebody)
ˌdo withˈout (sb/sth) derived
to manage without sb/sth

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 (somebody) doing sth (ironic)

I

could have done without

being

(= I wish I had not been)

woken up at three in the morning.

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