make-do

improvised, makeshift

Adjective

  1. improvised, makeshift

Origin

Etymology tree English make dodeverb. English make-do Deverbal from make do.

Forms

more make-do most make-do

Noun

  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. - 1980 April 12, Audre Lorde, “On...

    Synonyms: band-aid band-aid solution bodge cludge fiddle hack hack job jugaad kludge kluge lash-up make-do makeshift patch patch-up put-together quick-and-dirty quick fix stopgap workaround

Forms

make-dos

Related

make do make do and mend