Sentence examples for make do for from inspiring English sources

"make do for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to mean "to manage or get by with something that is less than ideal or desired." Example: "We don't have enough chairs for everyone, so we'll have to make do for now."

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Pallets make do for beds.

So we'll just have to make do for now.

Let white people make do for a change.

It hoped to use continuous-variable transmission, but had to make do, for now, with manual.

Many must make do for years with inadequate self-employment, underemployment, or worse.

Bush made "Mend and Make Do" for her graduation project at the National Film and Television School.

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The restaurant made do for a couple of days, serving free lemonade and iced tea.

The future was not bright, but they were making do for the moment.

Just what does the creation of "instruments" on which bets can be made do for the economy or society?

Words, for him, are for making arrangements, for doing business.

Every "to-don't" makes room for a "to-do".

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