make do

• Справляться или обходиться тем, что доступно, даже если это не идеально или недостаточно, часто путем импровизации или использования чего-либо не по назначению.

To manage or cope with what is available, even if it is not ideal or sufficient, often by improvising or using something in a different way than intended.

1. Manage with limited resourcesB2informal

   To manage or get along with what is available, even if it is not ideal or sufficient.

   Обходиться

   • We didn't have enough chairs, so we had to make do with stools.
   • She had to make do with a smaller salary after changing jobs.
   • They made do with the old equipment until the new one arrived.