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Definition of Make do
1. Verb. Come to terms with. "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
Generic synonyms: Act, Move
Specialized synonyms: Extemporize, Improvise, Fend, Cut, Hack, Rub Along, Scrape Along, Scrape By, Scratch Along, Squeak By, Squeeze By, Cope With, Match, Meet
Definition of Make do
1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic informal) to survive, get by with, or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources) ¹
2. Verb. (transitive informal) to put into action ¹
3. Verb. (transitive informal) To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Make Do
Literary usage of Make do
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Repressor of Over Much Blaming of the Clergy by Reginald Pecock (1860)
"... make, do, and ^eue tho thingis to the same ... as that it was not nede to
Crist that he him silf schulde make, do, ..."
2. The Dialect of the English Gypsies by Bath Charles Smart, Henry Thomas Crofton (1875)
"... -v- \A '[ I make, do make, I will make, or do, etc. ... He, she, it, does, or
will, make, do, etc. ..."
3. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... I ransomed a slave by the way, and gave such and such a price. (Synonym» —
unda, mould; imba, sing; umba, work ; i*ing<t, ji«, make, do ..."
4. An Oral System of Teaching Living Languages: Illustrated by a Practical by Jean Manesca (1845)
"DO,—make. do it,—make it. do it,—make it LET us DO,—let us make. do them,—make them.
(2d p. let him do,—let him make. let them do,—let them make. (1) adv. ..."
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