manage without (someone or something)

manage without (someone or something)

To be able to operate, function, or carry on adequately without a particular person or thing. Look, it will be tough, but we've managed without a second income before, and we'll find a way to do it again. If that's your attitude, Jerry, then you can just leave. The team will manage just fine without you.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

manage without someone or something

to do as well as possible without someone or something. Carla said that she just can't manage without Jerry. We just can't manage without some more money.
See also: manage, without
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • manage without
  • make do
  • without a second thought
  • carry on without
  • carry on without (someone or something)
  • be lost without (someone or something)
  • be/feel lost without somebody/something
  • leave one to own devices
  • leave someone to their own devices
  • leave to someone's own devices