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To manage or make do with the resources available, being resourceful and finding ways to overcome challenges or limitations. It's about being creative, improvising, and using one's wits to achieve a goal or solve a problem, often in the face of adversity or scarcity.

Example

"He didn't have the materials but made do with what he had to deliver."

"We have to make do with what we have when the budget is tight."

Regional synonyms:

Persona de comportamiento vulgar, asociada con actitud callejera y mala educación. En Chile es un término despectivo que describe un estereotipo social específico.