do without (sb/sth)

— Phrasal Verb with do

/duː/ verb (past tense did, past participle done)

Definition

› to manage without having someone or something: Jack's the kind of player we can't do without.

(Definition of do without (sb/sth) from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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