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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "SEHR" (as in "set") + "mah" (as in "mark") + "ROH" (as in "row") + "mahs" (as in "mark")/

Meaning

To improvise and find creative solutions to a difficult problem using whatever resources are at hand. In Mexico, hacer maromas is the art of making it work when nothing is straightforward and there is no other choice but to figure it out.

Examples

You have to get creative to make ends meet on that salary.

She improvised her way to delivering the project on time and somehow pulled it off.

Regional synonyms

To hang up the gloves and retire definitively from an activity or career. Originally from boxing, in Argentina and Uruguay the expression applies to any permanent decision to stop: a professional career, a sport, or a long-held job.