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• make-do
  make-do

  noun

  something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature.
• make do
  make do

  Get along with the means available, especially insufficient means. For example, We'll just have to make do with one potato apiece. [c. 1900]

make-do

American  

[meyk-doo] / ˈmeɪkˌdu /

noun

make-dos plural

1. something that serves as a substitute, especially of an inferior or expedient nature.

   We had to get along with make-dos during the war.

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adjective

1. used as a substitute; makeshift.

   make-do curtains.

make do Idioms  

1. Get along with the means available, especially insufficient means. For example, We'll just have to make do with one potato apiece. [c. 1900]

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Etymology

Origin of make-do

First recorded in 1890–95

Related Words

• brief
• interim
• limited
• makeshift
• momentary
• provisional
• short-lived
• transitory