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Make-do

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    improvised, makeshift
Noun
  1. 1
    A temporary or makeshift expedient.

    "Even the play-acting of destructive power is only a run-through, or make-do, for the real thing, a way of familiarizing the participants to these roles when the real thing comes along."

  2. 2
    something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Deverbal from make do.

Etymology 2

Deverbal from make do.

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