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"Make do" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... hands look as if she had done rather a lot of hard work—they are so very thin. Her clothes are neat but shabby—that is not the last look like French women have—but as if they had been turned to "make do"—I suppose she is very poor. Her manner is icily quiet. She only speaks when she is spoken ...
— Man and Maid • Elinor Glyn
... he could only hedge and try to make do without stating very many facts. "Sir Lewis," he said, "I trust ...
— Occasion for Disaster • Gordon Randall Garrett
... course!" she declared. "That's always the way. 'Can't I manage with what I have? Can't I make do with this, that, and the other?' I believe you grudge every penny you spend on me!" she wound ...
— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler |
Words linked to "Make do" : extemporize, match, scratch along, cope with, scrape by, hack, scrape along, cut, meet, act, squeak by, rub along, fend, move, squeeze by, improvise |
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