There wasn’t much food, but we made do.
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We were in a hurry so we had to make do with a quick snack.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
make free with something — british phrase to use something that does not belong to you as though it does belong to you Don’t you think the owner will have something to say about your making free with his belongings? Thesaurus: to borrow somethingsynonym to use something,… … Useful english dictionary
make free with something — make free with (something) to use something a lot, even when it does not belong to you. I won t have him in my house, making free with my whiskey … New idioms dictionary
make off with something — ˌmake ˈoff with sth derived to steal sth and hurry away with it Main entry: ↑makederived … Useful english dictionary
make free with something — British to use something that does not belong to you as though it does belong to you Don t you think the owner will have something to say about your making free with his belongings? … English dictionary
make free with — (something) to use something a lot, even when it does not belong to you. I won t have him in my house, making free with my whiskey … New idioms dictionary
make do (without something) — make do ( with/without/something) phrase to succeed in dealing with a situation by using what is available despite not having something There wasn’t much food, but we made do. Thesaurus: to try to deal with a problem or difficultysynonym… … Useful english dictionary
make away with — 1 she decided to make away with him: KILL, murder, dispatch, eliminate; informal bump off, do away with, do in, do for, knock off, top, croak, stiff, blow away; N. Amer. informal ice, rub out, smoke, waste; poetic/lite … Useful english dictionary
make off with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make off with : present tense I/you/we/they make off with he/she/it makes off with present participle making with past tense made off with past participle made off with make off with something to escape with… … English dictionary
make away with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms make away with : present tense I/you/we/they make away with he/she/it makes away with present participle making away with past tense made away with past participle made away with make away with something to… … English dictionary
make off with — PHRASAL VERB If you make off with something, you steal it and take it away with you. [V P P n] Masked robbers broke in and made off with $8,000 … English dictionary
