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Phrase(s): do with someone or something
to do as well as possible with someone or something; to make do with someone or something. • I will just have to do with the car I now have. • Can she do with just one chair for a while?, Phrase(s): do something with someone or something
1. Lit. to use someone or something in some way. • Can you do something with this bracket, or shall I throw it away? • We can’t do anything with the new secretary. Find us another. 2. Fig. to improve or refresh someone or something. • I would like to do something with this room. It is so drab. • I can’t do anything with this child! Keep him at home. 3. Fig. to manage as well as possible with someone or something; to make do with someone or something. • We will just have to do whatever we can with what we have. • We will do the best we can with this employee until you find a better one.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs