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make do with (메이크 **두** 위드)to manage with something that is not quite what you wanted or is not enough

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to manage with something that is not quite what you wanted or is not enough

Pronunciation (IPA): /meɪk duː wɪð/

Korean meaning: 불충분하거나 원하는 것이 아니지만 그것으로 어떻게든 해결하다, 임시변통하다

Korean pronunciation: 메이크 **두** 위드

Example Sentences

  • When the fancy restaurant ran out of wine glasses, they had to make do with coffee mugs for the champagne toast.
  • During the camping trip, we had to make do with a smartphone flashlight when our lantern died.
  • The students had to make do with cardboard boxes as desks when the furniture delivery was delayed.

make do with

VERB

//meɪk duː wɪð//

to manage with something that is not quite what you wanted or is not enough

make do with concept
💡 Concept

With no tent, the hikers had to make do with a tarp and some branches.

make do with rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Sometimes you make do with a fake zoo!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/meɪk duː wɪð/
🇬🇧 UK/meɪk duː wɪð/

🌳Etymology

Origin

'make'는 고대 영어 'macian'에서 유래하고, 'do'는 고대 영어 'don'에서 나왔습니다. 이 구문은 18세기경부터 '무언가로 만족하며 해내다'라는 의미로 사용되기 시작했습니다.

🎵Rhyme

make dofake zootake two
make do
fake zoo
take two

🔗Collocations

make do with less
make do with what you have
have to make do
make do without
learn to make do

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

When the fancy restaurant ran out of wine glasses, they had to make do with coffee mugs for the champagne toast.

During the camping trip, we had to make do with a smartphone flashlight when our lantern died.

😄 Fun example

The students had to make do with cardboard boxes as desks when the furniture delivery was delayed.

I forgot my umbrella, so I'll have to make do with this newspaper to stay dry.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

get bycope withmanage withsurvive onscrape by

Antonyms

have plentybe well-equippedhave enough

Related

improviseadaptcompromisesettle forwork around

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