action ad hoc measure ad lib ad-lib ad-libbing answer arrangement artifice bat out botch bungle contrivance cook up countermove coup course of action dash off demarche device do anyhow do by halves do carelessly do offhand dodge effort expedient extemporaneousness extemporariness extempore extemporization extemporize fake fake up fudge up gimmick impromptu improvisate improvisation improvise improvision jury-rigged expedient knock off knock out knock together lash up last expedient last resort last shift make up makeshift maneuver means measure move patch patch together patch up pis aller play by ear playing by ear pound out pro tempore resort resource rough out roughcast roughhew scrap the plan shake-up shift slap up solution step stopgap stratagem strike off stroke stroke of policy tactic temporary arrangement temporary expedient temporary measure throw off throw together toss off toss out toss together trick trifle with trump vamp whip up whomp up wing it working hypothesis working proposition