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Don't have, when you leave the building (2,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

go without

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'don't have' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'you leave the building' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'you' could be 'thou' (historical second person pronoun) and 'thou' is found in the answer.
'leave' could be 'go' (to go is to depart or leave) and 'go' is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'when' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for go without that I've seen before include "give up" , "Suffer a lack of" , "be denied" , "Want" , "Be deprived of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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