to cope with something even though the circumstances are not ideal
to live with the insufficient or unsatisfactory resources available
to manage as well as you possibly can with what you have been given
to manage (get along) with whatsoever is available
scrape by
get by
get along
manage
cope or survive
muddle through
make the best of a bad job
improvise
make ends meet
keep the wolf from the door
keep head above water
shift for oneself
I will make do without all of the research and send you a proposal by the end of the day.
We will have to make do with Peter in our team, even though he rarely shows up for class.
We don’t have potato for the stew, we will have to make do with the vegetables that we do have.
Jone had to make do with what was available in his house.
Since the new museum has no washroom, visitors have to make do with the only public toilet close by.
Sorry Jack! You have to make do with the last slice of Pizza.
Back in the times past, we made do with a tiny house.
The winner team made do and hung in there with what they had.
During the snowy months in Canada the white-tailed deer makes do with the dry leaves.
He is not rich, but is innovative and makes do with what he can get, fix or build himself.
There is no origin for this idiom
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