MAKE-DO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does make-do mean? 

• MAKE-DO (noun)
  The noun MAKE-DO has 1 sense:

1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

  Familiarity information: MAKE-DO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAKE-DO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

make-do; makeshift; stopgap

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

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