go without

phrasal verb

went without; gone without; going without; goes without

: to not have (something) : to live or continue without having (something)

How long can you go without sleeping/sleep?

If you can't afford a new car, you'll just have to go without.

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More than 16,000 Bay Area customers went without power Wednesday as Pacific Gas & Electric took precautions to lessen the chances of sparking a wildfire as most of the region remained under a red flag warning that began Tuesday. —

Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024 Indeed, the past 15 years marks the longest stretch that Congress, which has the power to codify the federal minimum wage into law, has gone without raising it since a wage floor was first established in 1940 under the Fair Labor Standards Act. —

Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 Saturday’s comments from Khamenei, made on the eve of anniversary of the 1979 storming of the American Embassy in Tehran, are the latest sign that Iran may not let Israel’s strikes go without response. —

Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2024 Recovery of the crew and spacecraft went without incident, according to NASA. —

Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for go without