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"I'll make do with" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means to manage or cope with something less than ideal or satisfactory. You can use it when talking about a situation where you need to make the best of what is available, despite it not being exactly what you wanted or needed. Example: "I wanted to buy a new car, but since I can't afford it right now, I'll just have to make do with my old one for a while."
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But this season, I'll make do with two Sarah Michelle Gellars and one of the fairy shows (the teen witch one, in case you were wondering).
But for now, I'll make do with a back-up phone we have laying around the office.
Personally, I'll make do with what I've collected across the campaign.
The record doesn't come out till the end of January but I'll make do with burning a copy onto a CDR and printing off the front cover at work.
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So I will make do with what I have to work with.
They'll make do with what they've got.
"We'll make do with what we can," he said.
He'll make do with a birdie that'll take him to -1.
Until then, we'll make do with a guest appearance by Jamie-Lynn Spears.
Until then we'll make do with another one-night stand at Town Hall.
If you can't give us our nigger, they seem to say, we'll make do with Elvis".
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