improvise
im pruh vahyz
- v perform without preparation
- v manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks
- Their decisions, in turn, were not being communicated to the people on the ground, who were left to improvise.
- The women are braless beneath their shirts, and on some nights topless, if they are in a mood to improvise.
- The Army acknowledges the off-label use, and Marine spokesman Captain Jay Delarosa says, "We force Marine trainees to improvise.