Meaning of “I'll make due”
When someone says "I'll make due" what does it mean?
meaning eggcorn
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When someone says "I'll make due" what does it mean?
meaning eggcorn
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It means someone doesn't know how to spell "do". Opposite of the problem I saw yesterday on a sign at a gas station: "Do to the cold weather the car wash is closed."
– Hot Licks
Jan 14 '16 at 18:52
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When someone says "I'll make due" what does it mean?
meaning eggcorn
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When someone says "I'll make due" what does it mean?
meaning eggcorn
meaning eggcorn
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It means someone doesn't know how to spell "do". Opposite of the problem I saw yesterday on a sign at a gas station: "Do to the cold weather the car wash is closed."
– Hot Licks
Jan 14 '16 at 18:52
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It means someone doesn't know how to spell "do". Opposite of the problem I saw yesterday on a sign at a gas station: "Do to the cold weather the car wash is closed."
– Hot Licks
Jan 14 '16 at 18:52
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It means someone doesn't know how to spell "do". Opposite of the problem I saw yesterday on a sign at a gas station: "Do to the cold weather the car wash is closed."
– Hot Licks
Jan 14 '16 at 18:52
It means someone doesn't know how to spell "do". Opposite of the problem I saw yesterday on a sign at a gas station: "Do to the cold weather the car wash is closed."
– Hot Licks
Jan 14 '16 at 18:52
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The idiom is actually “to make do”, and it means to work with what you have, to continue somehow despite an impediment or non-ideal circumstance.
It uses do in the sense of “suffice”, as in “That’ll do”.
answered Dec 11 '10 at 10:01
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this could be helpful, in English (as opposed to American English) Due is pronounced like fuel or Bueller so is never confused with Do.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106365.html
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I always think that "make due" would make almost more sense (I realize the idiom is actually "make do"). "Making due" could imply accomplishing something owed/expected despite obstacles, which is really the sense of the phrase.
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The idiom is actually “to make do”, and it means to work with what you have, to continue somehow despite an impediment or non-ideal circumstance.
It uses do in the sense of “suffice”, as in “That’ll do”.
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The idiom is actually “to make do”, and it means to work with what you have, to continue somehow despite an impediment or non-ideal circumstance.
It uses do in the sense of “suffice”, as in “That’ll do”.
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The idiom is actually “to make do”, and it means to work with what you have, to continue somehow despite an impediment or non-ideal circumstance.
It uses do in the sense of “suffice”, as in “That’ll do”.
answered Dec 11 '10 at 10:01
Jon PurdyJon Purdy
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The idiom is actually “to make do”, and it means to work with what you have, to continue somehow despite an impediment or non-ideal circumstance.
It uses do in the sense of “suffice”, as in “That’ll do”.
answered Dec 11 '10 at 10:01
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answered Dec 11 '10 at 10:01
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answered Dec 11 '10 at 10:01
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this could be helpful, in English (as opposed to American English) Due is pronounced like fuel or Bueller so is never confused with Do.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106365.html
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this could be helpful, in English (as opposed to American English) Due is pronounced like fuel or Bueller so is never confused with Do.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106365.html
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this could be helpful, in English (as opposed to American English) Due is pronounced like fuel or Bueller so is never confused with Do.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106365.html
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this could be helpful, in English (as opposed to American English) Due is pronounced like fuel or Bueller so is never confused with Do.
http://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item106365.html
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I always think that "make due" would make almost more sense (I realize the idiom is actually "make do"). "Making due" could imply accomplishing something owed/expected despite obstacles, which is really the sense of the phrase.
answered Jan 14 '16 at 18:37
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I always think that "make due" would make almost more sense (I realize the idiom is actually "make do"). "Making due" could imply accomplishing something owed/expected despite obstacles, which is really the sense of the phrase.
answered Jan 14 '16 at 18:37
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I always think that "make due" would make almost more sense (I realize the idiom is actually "make do"). "Making due" could imply accomplishing something owed/expected despite obstacles, which is really the sense of the phrase.
answered Jan 14 '16 at 18:37
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I always think that "make due" would make almost more sense (I realize the idiom is actually "make do"). "Making due" could imply accomplishing something owed/expected despite obstacles, which is really the sense of the phrase.
answered Jan 14 '16 at 18:37
Benjamin RobinsonBenjamin Robinson
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answered Jan 14 '16 at 18:37
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It means someone doesn't know how to spell "do". Opposite of the problem I saw yesterday on a sign at a gas station: "Do to the cold weather the car wash is closed."
– Hot Licks
Jan 14 '16 at 18:52