All make do synonyms
make do
M m verb make do
- survive β to remain alive after the death of someone, the cessation of something, or the occurrence of some event; continue to live: Few survived after the holocaust.
- sustain β to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
- look after β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- knock off β an act or instance of knocking.
- slapdash β in a hasty, haphazard manner: He assembled the motor slapdash.
- wing it β either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, that are specialized for flight.
- dash off β If you dash off to a place, you go there very quickly.
- improv β improvisation.
- bear up β If you bear up when experiencing problems, you remain cheerful and show courage in spite of them.
- carry on β If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- get along β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get on β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- make out β to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- make up β the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- play it by ear β a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
adj make do
- hit-or-miss β careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
- provisional β providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- quick-and-dirty β Informal. slipshod.
- band-aid β A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
- ad hoc β An ad hoc activity or organization is done or formed only because a situation has made it necessary and is not planned in advance.
- changeable β Someone or something that is changeable is likely to change many times.
- fleeting β swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- pro tempore β temporarily; for the time being.
- unstable β not stable; not firm or firmly fixed; unsteady.
- ad interim β for the meantime; for the present
- fugacious β fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- pro tem β temporarily; for the time being.
- provisory β containing a proviso or condition; conditional.
- for the time being β the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
- overnight β for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- unfixed β to render no longer fixed; unfasten; detach; loosen; free.
- short-term β covering or applying to a relatively short period of time.
- short-range β having a limited extent, as in distance or time: a short-range shot; a short-range plan.