MAKE-DO

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

Synonyms:

make-do; makeshift; stopgap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("make-do" is a kind of...):

expedient (a means to an end; not necessarily a principled or ethical one)

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