Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A substitute for something unobtainable at the time; a makeshift.
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- adjective
improvised ,makeshift - noun A
temporary or makeshiftexpedient
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
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Examples
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Celebrate recycling – make-do and mend should become a virtue.
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The sculpture's outlandish size, its unlikely setting, the make-do materials, not to mention its utter uselessness as a water-going vehicle, combine to evoke the innocent madcap fascinations many of us adults never fully outgrow for train sets, dolls' houses, snowmen and sandcastles.
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That was our 'MO' for the rest of the week, and it worked, but it was definitely a make-do, not something I'd want to live with forever.
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That was our 'MO' for the rest of the week, and it worked, but it was definitely a make-do, not something I'd want to live with forever.
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That was our 'MO' for the rest of the week, and it worked, but it was definitely a make-do, not something I'd want to live with forever.
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That was our 'MO' for the rest of the week, and it worked, but it was definitely a make-do, not something I'd want to live with forever.
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He also warned him with a wagging finger against slipshod outfits like the make-do Met, where art was ruined for want of rehearsal Szell had been the company's principal conductor in the 1940s.
The Met's Rock of Ages Norman Lebrecht 2011
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That was our 'MO' for the rest of the week, and it worked, but it was definitely a make-do, not something I'd want to live with forever.
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That was our 'MO' for the rest of the week, and it worked, but it was definitely a make-do, not something I'd want to live with forever.
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That was our 'MO' for the rest of the week, and it worked, but it was definitely a make-do, not something I'd want to live with forever.
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