get along without

get along without

To endure or persevere despite the absence of someone or something. We're down to just one income—how will we ever get along without? I never thought I'd be able to get along without my wife, but I've managed somehow. How will we ever get along without two incomes?
See also: get, without
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

get along without (someone or something)

to manage without someone or something; to do without someone or something. I don't think I can get along without my secretary. My secretary just quit, and I don't think I will be able to get along without.
See also: get, without
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • not stand the sight of (someone or something)
  • take a licking and keep on ticking
  • take a licking but keep on ticking
  • tickin
  • go without
  • get along on
  • get along on (something)
  • stay the distance
  • stay the course
  • (someone or something) is going to be the death of (one)
References in classic literature
Now, when any one speaks up, like a man, and says slavery is necessary to us, we can't get along without it, we should be beggared if we give it up, and, of course, we mean to hold on to it,--this is strong, clear, well-defined language; it has the respectability of truth to it; and, if we may judge by their practice, the majority of the world will bear us out in it.
"Well, at any rate," said Marie, as she reclined herself on a lounge, "I'm thankful I'm born where slavery exists; and I believe it's right,--indeed, I feel it must be; and, at any rate, I'm sure I couldn't get along without it."
Uncle Toms Cabin
How could a Presbyterian get along without a devil?"
Annes House of Dreams
This is our chance to prove we can get along without any visible leadership at all.
Keep recycling
Their attitude is, they've gotten along without them for 70 years; they can get along without them for a few more.
Buying into new technology