make do

verb

come to terms with (Freq. 1)

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We got by on just a gallon of gas

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They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

• Syn:

↑cope, ↑get by, ↑make out, ↑contend, ↑grapple, ↑deal, ↑manage

• Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move

• Hyponyms:

↑improvise, ↑extemporize, ↑fend, ↑hack, ↑cut, ↑scrape along, ↑scrape by, ↑scratch along, ↑squeak by, ↑squeeze by, ↑rub along, ↑meet, ↑match, ↑cope with

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s PP

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Somebody ——s

(for: ↑manage)

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s

(for: ↑make out)

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Somebody ——s

(for: ↑get by)

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Somebody ——s

(for: ↑cope)

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phrasal

: to get along or manage with the means at hand however inadequate or unsatisfactory

must still make do with temporary expedients — Walter Moberly

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make do see under ↑make¹

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Main Entry: ↑do

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manage with the limited or inadequate means available

Dad would have to make do with an old car

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make do — see ↑make, 1

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Main Entry: ↑do

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make do

: to proceed or do what you can with the things that you have even though you do not have what you want

They didn't have much money but they somehow managed to make do.

— often + with

If we can't get what we want, we'll just have to make do with what we've got.

— often + without

If we don't have carrots for the soup, we'll just have to make do without them.

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Main Entry: ↑make