English verb: make do | |||
1. | make do (social) come to terms with | ||
Samples | We got by on just a gallon of gas. They made do on half a loaf of bread every day. | ||
Synonyms | contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make out, manage | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cope with, cut, extemporize, fend, hack, improvise, match, meet, rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by | ||