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make do

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1. make do - Noun

2. make do - Adjective

3. make do - Verb

4. make do - Phrase

Meaning

something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

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We must all make do with the rags of love we find flapping on the scarecrow of humanity. Angela Carter

Where subtlety fails us we must simply make do with cream pies. David Brin

You make do with what you have. As you age you learn even to be happy with what you have. Haruki Murakami

We'll just have to make do. Spanish Proverb

Where there is no honey, we have to make do with treacle. Asian-indian Proverb

Use it up, wear it out, make do with, or do without. English Proverb

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