improvise (v)
extemporize (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 41
def manage in a makeshift way
def do with whatever is at hand
examples after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
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Hypernym cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
Derivationally related form improvise → improvisation
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Derivationally related form improvisation → improvise
Hyponym cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage

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