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doing without

doing without is the present participle and gerund of do without.

Meaning of do without

Verb

do without (third-person singular simple present does without, present participle doing without, simple past did without, past participle done without)

  1. (transitive) To manage despite the lack of.
    • Coordinate term: go without

Questions about doing without

What is doing without the present participle and gerund of?
Doing without is the present participle and gerund of do without.

Words near doing without in the dictionary

  1. doing violence to
  2. doing well
  3. doing well by doing good
  4. doing well for oneself
  5. doing with mirrors
  6. doing without
  7. doing wonders
  8. doingness
  9. doings
  10. doink
  11. doinked

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doing without (page history and authors); do without (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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