Make-shift Definition

verb

(dated) To contrive; to invent a way of surmounting a difficulty.

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Other Word Forms of Make-shift

Noun

Singular:
make-shift
Plural:
make shifts

Make-shift Sentence Examples

  • At present men make shift to wear what they can get.

  • When Alex opened the make-shift gate, Carmen stepped inside and knelt beside the lamb.

  • The less fortunate make shift to live outside as best they can, but are all day in the mosque, and are seldom deserted by Moslem charity.

  • They make shift to live merely by conformity, practically as their fathers did, and are in no sense the progenitors of a noble race of men.

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