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

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

Type of: act, expedient, move

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make a face
make a motion
make a point
make a stink
make amends
make as if
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make believe
make bold
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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