make-do

See also: make do

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English make dodeverb.

English make-do

Deverbal from make do.

Adjective

make-do (comparative more make-do, superlative most make-do)

1. improvised, makeshift

Noun

make-do (plural make-dos)

1. A temporary or makeshift expedient.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:workaround

   • 1980 April 12, Audre Lorde, “On The Erotic”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     Even the play-acting of destructive power is only a run-through, or make-do, for the real thing, a way of familiarizing the participants to these roles when the real thing comes along.

See also

• make do
• make do and mend

Anagrams

• amoked