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Noun: make-do
  1. Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
    "They used a make-do splint to stabilize the injured hiker's leg";
    - makeshift, stopgap
Verb: make do
  1. Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
    "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day";
    - get by, manage

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

Type of: act, expedient, move

Encyclopedia: Make do