What is "to do without"

Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS. wi[eth]?tan; wi[eth] with, against, toward + ?tan outside, fr. ?t out. See With, prep., Out.]

1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.

   Without the gate Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein.
   --Dryden.

2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.

   Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach.
   --T. Burnet.

3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage.

   I wolde it do withouten negligence.
   --Chaucer.

   Wise men will do it without a law.
   --Bacon.

   Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction.
   --Addison.

   There is no living with thee nor without thee.
   --Tatler.

   To do without. See under Do.

   Without day [a translation of L. sine die], without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally; as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day.

   Without recourse. See under Recourse.

Do \Do\, v. i.

1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.

   They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. -- 2 Kings xvii. 34.

2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?

3. [Perh. a different word. OE. dugen, dowen, to avail, be of use, AS. dugan. See Doughty.] To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do. You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. -- Collier. To do by. See under By. To do for.

   1. To answer for; to serve as; to suit.

   2. To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]

      Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for.
      --Thackeray.

      To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] ``I could not do withal.''
      --Shak.

      To do without, to get along without; to dispense with.

      To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist.

      To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with.

      Well to do, in easy circumstances.