without

without [with out′, without′]

adv.

[ME withuten < OE withutan < with, WITH + utan, from outside, without < ut, OUT]

1. on the outside; externally

2. outside a building or place; out-of-doors

prep.

1. Now Rare at, on, to, or toward the outside of [throngs within and without the city walls]

2. Archaic beyond [without his reach]

3. not with; lacking; not accompanied by [a shirt without buttons, lonely without her]

4. free from [without fear]

5. with avoidance of [to pass by without speaking]

6. Obs. besides

n.

Now Rare the outside or the exterior

conj.

Dial. unless [they can't go, without they get permission]

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go without or do without

to manage although lacking something implied or previously mentioned