make out English

Meaning make out meaning

What does make out mean?

make out

— verb (= pick out) detect with the senses The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards I can't make out the faces in this photograph

— verb comprehend I cannot make out what this politician is saying

— verb (= write out, issue, cut) make out and issue write out a check cut a ticket Please make the check out to me

— verb (= get by, make do) come to terms with We got by on just a gallon of gas They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

— verb (= do, come, get along) proceed or get along How is she doing in her new job? How are you making out in graduate school? He's come a long way

— verb try to establish She made out that she know nothing about the crime

— verb imply or suggest Your remarks make me out to be stupid

— verb (= neck) kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion The couple were necking in the back seat of the car

— verb (= sleep with, know) have sexual intercourse with This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm Adam knew Eve Were you ever intimate with this man?

— verb (= fill out) write all the required information onto a form fill out this questionnaire, please! make out a form

Synonyms make out synonyms

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make out English » English

write out

understand

fill out

fill in

distinguish

puzzle out

know

fill up

figure out

discern

contend

spot

recognize

read

perceive

make love

love

have sex

have it off

have it away

get on

get it on

decipher

cut

complete

write

touch

tell apart

spell out

solve

sleep with

sleep together

sight

self-sufficiency

self-repayment

see

screw

roll in the hay

resolve

recognise

purport

pick out

payback

neck

manage

make do

maintain

lie with

jazz

issue

Topics make out topics

What do people use make out to talk about?

Person Sense, perceive

See

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Examples make out examples

How do I use make out in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I can not make out at all what you say.

Movie subtitles

Frankie set up a distraction so I could make the catch without Nick finding out.