Synonyms of makes shift

makes shift

phrase

present tense third-person singular of make shift

as in copes

to meet one's day-to-day needs

They were able to make shift without borrowing money.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• copes
• does
• gets by
• manages
• makes do
• gets on
• makes ends meet
• makes out
• survives
• gets along
• shifts
• fares
• affords
• fends for oneself
• scrapes (by or through)
• carries on
• scrapes (out)
• lasts
• ekes out
• scrounges
• contrives
• squeezes
• wrings
• swings
• wrests

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falls short
• fails
• collapses
• flounders
• declines
• slumps
• wanes
• fizzles
• gives up
• peters (out)