Usually means: Manage with available limited resources.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word make do:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. make do: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. make-do, make do: Merriam-Webster
  3. make-do, make do: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. make-do: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. make do: Collins English Dictionary
  6. make-do, make do: Vocabulary.com
  7. make-do: Wordnik
  8. make do: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. make-do, make do: Wiktionary
  10. make-do: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. make-do, make do: Dictionary.com
  12. make do: Rhymezone
  13. make-do, make do: FreeDictionary.org
  14. make-do, make do: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. make-do, make do: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make do: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Make Do: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See make_dos as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (make do)

verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).
verb:  (transitive, informal) To put into action.
verb:  (transitive, informal) To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose.

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