Noun: make-do
- Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
"They used a make-do splint to stabilize the injured hiker's leg";
- makeshift, stopgap
- 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
Encyclopedia: Make do