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11dispense with — PHRASAL VERB If you dispense with something, you stop using it or get rid of it completely, especially because you no longer need it. [V P n] Many households have dispensed with their old fashioned vinyl turntable …
12dispense with something — dispense with (something) 1. to free of something unwanted. People who believe we can dispense with government services don t realize how much they need them. 2. to not use something. We dispensed with our second car and have saved a lot of money …
13dispense with sb/sth — UK US dispense with sth/sb Phrasal Verb with dispense({{}}/dɪˈspens/ verb ► to get rid of something or someone, or stop using them because you do not need them: »Electronic records can dispense with 80% of paper files and reduce the need for… …
14dispense with sth — UK US dispense with sth/sb Phrasal Verb with dispense({{}}/dɪˈspens/ verb ► to get rid of something or someone, or stop using them because you do not need them: »Electronic records can dispense with 80% of paper files and reduce the need for… …
15dispense with somebody — diˈspense with sb/sth derived to stop using sb/sth because you no longer need them or it Syn: do away with • Debit cards dispense with the need for cash altogether. • I think we can …
16dispense with something — diˈspense with sb/sth derived to stop using sb/sth because you no longer need them or it Syn: do away with • Debit cards dispense with the need for cash altogether. • I think we can …
17dispense with (someone's) assistance — to dismiss (someone) from employment Usually peremptorily and with dishonour, of a senior official etc.: The Fuhrer will dispense with his assistance (Goebbels, 1945, in translation) …
18dispense with — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abjure, absolve, abstain, cede, discharge, disgorge, dispense from, dispose of, do without, drop, dump, except, excuse, exempt, forbear, forgo, forswear, free, get along without, get rid of, give away, give… …
19dispense with — get rid of or manage without. → dispense …
20To dispense with — Dispense Dis*pense , v. i. 1. To compensate; to make up; to make amends. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] One loving hour For many years of sorrow can dispense. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To give dispensation. [1913 Webster] He [the pope] can also dispense… …