1. (

• makeshift ,
• stopgap ,
• make-do

) something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency ;

1. (

• cope ,
• get_by ,
• make_out ,
• make_do ,
• contend ,
• grapple ,
• deal ,
• manage ,

) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" ;