make-do
See also: make do
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
make-do (comparative more make-do, superlative most make-do)
Noun edit
- 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.