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 [a translation of L. sine die], without the appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally; as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned 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.