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With·out prep.
1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.
Without the gate
Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein. --Dryden.
2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
Eternity, before the world and after, is without our reach. --T. Burnet.
3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of; independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor; without damage.
I wolde it do withouten negligence. --Chaucer.
Wise men will do it without a law. --Bacon.
Without the separation of the two monarchies, the most advantageous terms . . . must end in our destruction. --Addison.
There is no living with thee nor without thee. --Tatler.
To do without. See under Do.
Without day
Without recourse. See under Recourse.
Do v. i.
1. To act or behave in any manner; to conduct one's self.
They fear not the Lord, neither do they after . . . the law and commandment. -- 2 Kings xvii. 34.
2. To fare; to be, as regards health; as, they asked him how he did; how do you do to-day?
3. To succeed; to avail; to answer the purpose; to serve; as, if no better plan can be found, he will make this do.
You would do well to prefer a bill against all kings and parliaments since the Conquest; and if that won't do; challenge the crown. -- Collier.
To do by. See under By.
To do for. (a) To answer for; to serve as; to suit. (b) To put an end to; to ruin; to baffle completely; as, a goblet is done for when it is broken. [Colloq.]
Some folks are happy and easy in mind when their victim is stabbed and done for. --Thackeray.
-- To do withal, to help or prevent it. [Obs.] “I could not do withal.” --Shak.
To do without, to get along without; to dispense with.
To have done, to have made an end or conclusion; to have finished; to be quit; to desist.
To have done with, to have completed; to be through with; to have no further concern with.
Well to do, in easy circumstances.