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makes shift

vb. (en-third-person singular of: make shift)

Usage examples of "makes shift".

The whole of his yardland would not bring him in a penny if it rested with him to work it, it's the boy who makes shift to get a crop from it.

My eyes would adjust, I knew, because the body makes shift where it can.

Life, and by life I could mean so many fascinating things, goes on, makes shift for itself, survives wildly, and I not the least wild among many.