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Make shift

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Make shift"

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shiftnounA movement to do something, a beginning.
shufflenounThe act of mixing cards or mah-jong tiles so as to randomize them.
make doverb(intransitive, idiomatic, informal) To survive, get by (with), or use whatever is available (due to lack of resources).
scrattlenounTo scratch.
extemporiseverb(intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
hack itverb(idiomatic) To cope; to be successful in something despite adversity.
muddle throughverb(ambitransitive) To succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained.
improviseverbTo make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.
improvizeverb(rare, proscribed) Alternative spelling of improvise. [To make something up or invent it as one goes on; to proceed guided only by imagination, intuition, and guesswork rather than by a careful plan.]
work aroundverbTo bypass or circumvent (a problem or obstacle).
hacknounA tool for chopping.
lash upverb(transitive, informal) To construct in a shoddy, makeshift manner.
patch upverb(idiomatic, figuratively) To repair relations; to improve relations.
frignounAn act of frigging.
vampnounA flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her; femme fatale.
scratch byverb(idiomatic) To get by; to make ends meet.
make it up as one goes alongverb(idiomatic) To improvise continuously.
put a shift inverb(idiomatic) To work hard; to make an effort
improvisateverb(archaic or nonstandard) To improvise
extemporizeverb(intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.

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