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Go without meaning

Go without is a phrasal verb that means to live or manage despite lacking a particular person or thing.

Past simple
went without
Past participle
gone without
-ing form
going without

What go without means

C2

To live or manage despite lacking a particular person or thing

Many families went without heating during the outage.

Similar phrasal verbs

With go: go out, go in, go on, go off, go up, go away, go back, go together, go with, go down.

With without: do without.

Common questions

What does go without mean?

To live or manage despite lacking a particular person or thing.

What is the past tense of go without?

Went without. The past participle is gone without.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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