do without

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.

Examples of do without in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Police officers and detectives already have enough work to do without random people offering suggestions. —Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 June 2026

Can it be done without grievous injury? —Joe Salas june 07, New Atlas, 7 June 2026

As a result of staffing losses, OHRP has ceased offering free educational activities for universities and medical centers that conduct human studies, forcing them to pay for costlier research ethics training alternatives — or do without. —Megan Molteni, STAT, 5 June 2026

The staging could do without the underscoring that becomes heavy-handed in the play’s later stages. —Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

Rhymes for do without

• roundabout
• runabout
• sauerkraut
• thereabout
• turnabout
• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout