make do

Questions about make do

What does make do mean?

make do means "succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available".

What is another word for make do?

Close synonyms include cope, get by, make out, contend, grapple. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make do a common word?

make do is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.