can do without
Manage lacking it
To say you can do without something is to say you don't need it, or would prefer not to have it.
The phrase often expresses weary dismissal of unwanted complications: I can do without the drama right now.
It may also decline an offer: Thanks, but I can do without dessert.
- optionalNot mandatory
- dispensableAble to be sacrificed
- superfluousExceeding what suffices
- frugalityEconomical resource management
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
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