mantinir : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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Word:

mantinir [man.ti.nir.] :

make do (v.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: mantener: maintain ]

Synonyms: mantinil

Derivatives of mantinir

Glosses:

make do
v. (social)	1. contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage	come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
	~ act, move	perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	~ extemporize, improvise	manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
	~ fend	try to manage without help.; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
	~ hack, cut	be able to manage or manage successfully.; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office"
	~ rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by	manage one's existence barely.; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"
	~ cope with, match, meet	satisfy or fulfill.; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams"