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Noun: make-do
  1. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
    - makeshift, stopgap
Verb: make do
  1. Come to terms with
    "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
    - cope, get by, make out, contend, grapple, deal, manage

Derived forms: made do, making do, make-dos, makes do

Type of: act, expedient, move

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make a clean breast of
make a face
make a motion
make a point
make a stink
make amends
make as if
make believe
make bold
make clean
make do
make ends meet
make for
make full
make fun
make good
make grow
make happy
make haste
make hay
make hay while the sun shines