"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 (manage despite the lack of): dispense with Related terms (manage despite the lack of): go without Translations (manage): 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 (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)
    Sense id: en-do_without-en-verb-jaorm9on Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English litotes, English phrasal verbs with particle (without), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 81 19 Disambiguation of English litotes: 79 21 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (without): 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'manage despite the lack of': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'manage despite the lack of': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'manage': 97 3
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, without.
    Sense id: en-do_without-en-verb-F2Ml2aBC Categories (other): English phrasal verbs with particle (without) Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (without): 46 54

Inflected forms

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      "word": "obyć się bez"
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      "sense": "manage",
      "word": "apañarse"
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      "sense": "manage",
      "word": "arreglárselas"
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      "sense": "manage",
      "word": "ingeniárselas"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "manage",
      "word": "klara sig utan"
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