make-do
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make-do
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Deverbal from make do.
adjective more make-do · most make-do
- improvised, makeshift
noun make-dos
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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.
Similar: band-aid, band-aid solution, bodge, cludge, fiddle, hack, hack job, jugaad, kludge, kluge, lash-up, make-do
Talk about this word "make-do." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/make-do. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. make-do. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/make-do "make-do." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/make-do.Cite this
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title = {make-do},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/make-do},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
