making do
phrase
as in coping
to meet one's day-to-day needs
She could make do just fine and didn't need anyone's help.
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making ends meet
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His true seasonal arc begins not with Bruce’s (Damon Daunno) death but rather in the Brick & Bacon, a New York City diner where a 20something waitress named Regina (Delainey Hayles) works shifts that don’t get her any closer to making ends meet.
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“Making do.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/making%20do. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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