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What is another word for make do?

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Verb

To accept and cope with limited resources or unfavorable circumstances

To succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level

To manage with the limited or inadequate means available

To perform, make, or do without preparation or knowledge

To take care of without help

To live, especially under adverse conditions

To deal with (something) effectively or skillfully

Adjective

Acting as a quick, interim or temporary measure

Basic, crude, and simple in style or construction

Noun

A method or means for achieving a particular result

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Verb

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To accept and cope with limited resources or unfavorable circumstances

cut your coat according to your cloth

“Despite the shortage of ingredients, she managed to make do and prepare a delicious meal for her guests.”

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To succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level

keep the wolf from the door

make the best of a bad job

fend

be all right

do all right

scarcely have enough to live on

scrape a living

barely have enough to live on

deal with the situation

subsist

pay your bills

rub along

manage to live with difficulty

scarcely manage to live

scratch out a living

barely manage to live

do well enough

manage without help

manage without assistance

stand on one's own two feet

paddle your own canoe

keep your head above water

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“She had to make do with the limited resources available to her, but she managed to survive and succeed.”

Verb

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To manage with the limited or inadequate means available

“I had to make do with the old, broken-down car because I couldn't afford to buy a new one.”

Verb

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To perform, make, or do without preparation or knowledge

extemporise^UK

extemporize^US

fly by the seat of one's pants

do off the top of your head

do offhand

take it as it comes

make it up as one goes along

do something off the cuff

speak off the top of one's head

speak extemporaneously

do something on the spur of the moment

do something off the top of one's head

toss off

do on the fly

make it up as you go along

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To take care of without help

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To live, especially under adverse conditions

keep your head above water

make ends meet

eke out a living

keep the wolf from the door

scarcely have enough to live on

barely have enough to live on

keep body and soul together

deal with the situation

stand on one's own two feet

make the best of a bad job

manage to live with difficulty

hold up

scarcely manage to live

soldier on

barely manage to live

manage without assistance

maintain one's position

stand firm

acquit yourself well

give a good account of yourself

paddle your own canoe

tangle

wrestle

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To deal with (something) effectively or skillfully

maneuver^US

manoeuvre^UK

utilize^US

utilise^UK

organize^US

organise^UK

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Adjective

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Acting as a quick, interim or temporary measure

draft^US

draught^UK

subject to confirmation

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Adjective

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Basic, crude, and simple in style or construction

meagre^UK

meager^US

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Noun

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A method or means for achieving a particular result

manoeuvre^UK

maneuver^US

possible course of action

jury-rigged expedient

pretence^UK

pretense^US

programme^UK

program^US

oldest trick in the book

manoeuvres^UK

maneuvers^US

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