make-do — Englisches Wörterbuch

Adjektiv

1. improvised, makeshift

Substantiv

1. A temporary or makeshift expedient.

   Verwandte Wörter

   make domake do and mend

   Beispiele

   Weitere Beispiele (1)

   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.

Substantiv

1. something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency

   Synonyme

   makeshiftstopgap

   Oberbegriffe

   expedient