Wordnet 3.0
VERB (1)
1.
come to terms with;
- Example: "We got by on just a gallon of gas"- Example: "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"[syn: cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
make do
v 1: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas";
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
grapple, deal, manage]