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Meaning of go without | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To forgo (something).
    ambitransitive, idiomatic
  2. To lack or be deprived of (something).
    ambitransitive, idiomatic

Examples

“If you forgot to bring your toothpaste, you'll have to go without.”
“For days he will go without shaving, for months he lets his toenails grow; […]”
“The poor man's children went without supper.”
“Jamie would get upset growing up over all the times she, or we, went without, but, looking back, we can see that that was what made us tough.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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