jury rigging
noun
Roget 147:
substitution,
commutation;
supplanting
etc.
v.;
metaphor,
metonymy
etc.
(figure of speech)
521.
[Thing substituted]
substitute,
ersatz,
makeshift,
temporary expedient,
replacement,
succedaneum;
shift,
pis aller [Fr.],
stopgap,
jury rigging,
jury mast,
locum tenens,
warming pan,
dummy,
scapegoat;
double;
changeling;
quid pro quo,
alternative.
representative
etc.
(deputy)
759;
palimpsest.
price,
purchase money,
consideration,
equivalent.
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jury rig
verb
Roget 147:
substitute,
put in the place of,
change for;
make way for,
give place to;
supply the place of,
take the place of;
supplant,
supersede,
replace,
cut out,
serve as a substitute;
step into stand in the shoes of;
jury rig,
make a shift with,
put up with;
borrow from Peter to pay Paul,
take money out of one pocket and put it in take money out of one pocket and put it in another,
cannibalize;
commute,
redeem,
compound for.
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