JLPT N2 Grammar: ないですむ （ないで済む）naide sumu (naide sumu)

ないですむ （ないで済む）naide sumu (naide sumu)

Meaning: get by without doing ~; manage to do something without ~

Explain:
Show meaning even if you don’t need to plan, the plan will have good results. Avoid the predictions.

Example sentences:
1, 道がすいていたので遅刻しないで済んだ。
Michi ga suite itanode chikoku shinaide sunda.
Because the street was empty, I was not late

2, 電話が話がついたので、行かない済んだ
Denwa ga hanashi ga tsuitanode, ikanai sunda
I finished talking on the phone so there’s no need to go

3, 古い携帯電話をもらったので、買わないで済んだ。
Furui geitaidenwa o morattanode, kawanai de sunda.
I got an old cell phone, so I didn’t buy it.