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make do

phraseB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To make do is to manage with what little you have. Make do with what is left, make do and mend, have to make do.

It takes with, and it accepts the shortage rather than complaining about it. Make do and mend was a wartime slogan and is still the phrase people reach for.

Definitions of make do

  1. 1phrasemake doTo manage with what little you have.B2

    “There is no more cheese, so we make do with what is in the tin.”

make do is a phrase.

Also accepted in games: get by

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