"do without" meaning in English

See do without in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: does without [present, singular, third-person], doing without [participle, present], did without [past], done without [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|do<does,,did,done> without}} do without (third-person singular simple present does without, present participle doing without, simple past did without, past participle done without)
  1. (chiefly transitive) To manage despite the lack of. Tags: transitive Synonyms: dispense with Translations (manage): اِسْتَغْنَى (istaḡnā) (alt: + عَن (ʕan)) (Arabic), undvære (Danish), klare sig uden (Danish), tulla toimeen ilman (Finnish), pärjätä ilman (Finnish), se passer de (French), lemond (alt: + -ról/-ről) (Hungarian), elvan (alt: + nélkül) (Hungarian), megvan (alt: + nélkül) (Hungarian), karear (Ido), fare a meno (note: + di) (Italian), obywać się bez [imperfective] (Polish), obyć się bez [perfective] (Polish), обходи́ться (obxodítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), обойти́сь (obojtísʹ) [perfective] (Russian), apañarse (Spanish), arreglárselas (Spanish), ingeniárselas (Spanish), klara sig utan (Swedish), idare etmek (Turkish)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, without. Derived forms: make it do or do without
    Sense id: en-do_without-en-verb-F2Ml2aBC Categories (other): English litotes, English phrasal verbs formed with "without" Disambiguation of English litotes: 54 46 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "without": 53 47

Inflected forms

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      "word": "اِسْتَغْنَى"
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