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| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | do without |
| he/she/it | does without |
| present participle | doing without |
| past tense | did without |
| past participle | done without |
- 1do without someone/something to succeed in living or working without someone or something
There’s no more milk, so I guess we’ll just have to do without.
Now that they have a regular income, they should be able to do without any help from us.
You’ll be gone for six days? I think we can do without you for that long.
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