make do

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to manage with sth that is not really good enough

In the movies · 13

• You hope for the best, then make do with what you get.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• ...they're gonna have to make do with you.The Dark Knight2008
• - Interesting workshop. - Yeah, we make do.The Prestige2006
• We ll make doThe Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 12011
• I'm sure you'll make do.Auto Focus2002
• Make do? No, wait, wait, but you don't understand, commander.Lightyear2022
• Of course, we'll have to make do with a few compromises.Finding Neverland2004
• It only lacked for grass, but I figured I could make do.The Art of Racing in the Rain2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Auto Focus2002
  • Lenny Pitches Bob a Sitcom
  • Anne Confronts Bob About the Magazines
  • Bob Meets the VTR Salesman

From the same entry

• make as if to do
• make good
• make good
• make it
• make it with
• make like
• make the most of
• make much of
• make or break
• make of yourself
• make for
• make into

More idioms

• a level playing field
• a shoulder to cry on
• a thorn in flesh
• a walk of life
• be a tall order
• be in a jam
• be lost for words
• be out like a light
• be your own worst enemy
• beat to the punch
• beyond wildest dreams
• blow the whistle on