do-without
Chunk: do without
Meaning & Usage
Do without means to manage, survive, or continue functioning despite lacking something that you would normally want or need. It is often used with "have to" or "can" to express necessity or capability in the face of a shortage.
🧲 Common Collocates
- Necessities/Luxuries: do without food, do without internet, do without sleep, do without a car.
- Common Structures: have to do without, just do without, learn to do without, can't do without.
💬 Contextual Examples
- The grocery store was out of milk, so we will just have to do without for breakfast.
- I love my morning coffee so much that I really can't do without it.
- If the budget is cut, the department will have to learn to do without the extra funding.
🎴 Interactive Web Practice
Practice 1: If we can't afford a rental car, we will just have to ______ without.
Answer:
do Practice 2: I am so addicted to my smartphone that I can't do ______ it for a single day.
Answer:
without Practice 3: They didn't bring enough chairs, so some guests had to do ______.
Answer:
without 🔗 Knowledge Base Connections
- 🔑 Parent Keyword: do
- ⚖️ Synonym Chunk: go-without