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Use of 'make' and 'do with' together



 
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Use of 'make' and 'do with' together #1 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 19:52 pm   Use of 'make' and 'do with' together
 

Hi! It?s me again!. I hope you are enjoying it!.

"I had to make do with a bicycle..."

I understand the meaning, but
It seems strange the usage of "make" and
"do with" together. Can you explain to me
this usage, please?

Or has it "make do with" a unique meaning?

Thank you very much!

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Use of 'make' and 'do with' together #2 (permalink) Fri Sep 08, 2006 20:27 pm   Use of 'make' and 'do with' together
 

Hi
Make do means:
to manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like. One of its usage could be:

We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes.

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