due=do

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Aug 16, 2009, at 8:37 AM, Alison Murie wrote:

>
> Here's  another example, from David Sirota's piece on the late John
> Hughes:
> "protagonists to make due with -- rather than magically transcend --
> their weaknesses."

the ecdb entry reports thousands of "make due with" examples:

   http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/342/due/

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