go without(something)
phrasal verbwithgoverbuk/ɡəʊ/us/ɡoʊ/present participlegoing|past tensewent|past participlegone
C2
to not have something or tomanagetolivedespitenot having something:
They werepooraschildren, and sometimes had to go without.
I'drathergo withoutfoodthanworkfor him.
- There's noketchupleft, so I'mafraidyou'll just have to go without.
- Fewpeoplecan go withoutwaterfor more than aweek.
- Howlongcan they go withoutfood?
- We'dbettermakesurewebuyenoughfood, we don'twantourgueststo go without.
- There were not enoughclipboardsto go round, so Richard went without.
Lacking things
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (forsomething)idiom
- bereft
- catch
- cry out forsomething
- demand
- hole
- lacking
- minus
- need
- needsomethinglike you need a hole in the headidiom
- needful
- needy
- shy
- taken
- unaccompanied
- unappeased
- unassuaged
- unmet