DO WITHOUT (SB/STH)


Meaning of DO WITHOUT (SB/STH) in English

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.

[+ -ing ] ( ironic )

I could have done without being (= I wish I had not been) woken up at three in the morning.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.