Meaning

1 senses
  1. A temporary or makeshift expedient.

More definitions
  • something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

Origin

Deverbal from make do.

Deverbal from make do.

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Forms

plural: make-dos
Singularmake-do
Pluralmake-dos

regular

Synonyms

20 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmake do

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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