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dispense with   (TTS Sound)

The verb dispense with has 3 senses

• spare, give up, part with, dispense with -- (give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey")


• waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with -- (do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas")


• dispense with -- (forgo or do or go without)