make-do

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English

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Etymology

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Deverbal from make do.

Adjective

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make-do (comparative more make-do, superlative most make-do)

  1. improvised, makeshift

Noun

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make-do (plural make-dos)

  1. A temporary or makeshift expedient.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:workaround
    • 1980 April 12, Audre Lorde, “On The Erotic”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
      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.

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