1. to manage, work, or perform successfully without having someone or something present

1. When the television broke, I knew that I could do without it for a week or two.

2. Thank you, Kate, we can do without language like that (= we don't want to hear your offensive language).

3. We can't afford to fix the car this month, so I guess we'll need to do without it for a few weeks.

4. I guess I will have to do without dinner. Yes, you’ll do without.

5. The country cannot do without foreign investment.

6. There are a great number of things that he can easily do without.