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The phrase "make do without" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to mean to get by without something, usually something that one would usually have or need. For example, "The family had to make do without a car after their old one broke down."
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Government workers have had to make do without raises.
As it is, they have to make do without.
They had to make do without operational computer labs.
The Devils will have to make do without Brodeur, who sprained his right knee Saturday.
Many make do without air fresheners, hair conditioner and other fripperies once deemed essential.
And some online video clips make do without stars on either side of the camera.
Almost all of the 587m Africans who make do without electricity live in sub-Saharan Africa.
Even Olsen, when pressed, suggested that the N.S.A. could make do without the bulk-collection program.
Farewell of the year Women's tennis knows how to make do without Clijsters.
I'm a professor, so I can make do without the meager trapping income I make.
Instead, he says, government officials should make do without legal cover.
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