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make out

verb

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Definitions & examples

01verb

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”

02verb

make out and issue

“write out a check”

“cut a ticket”

03verb

distinguish by sight or hearing

“I cannot make out what this politician is saying”

04verb

proceed or get along

“How is she doing in her new job?”

“How are you making out in graduate school?”

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05verb

succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

“We got by on just a gallon of gas”

“They made do on half a loaf of bread every day”

06verb

have sexual intercourse with

“Adam knew Eve”

“Were you ever intimate with this man?”

07verb

kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

“The couple were necking in the back seat of the car”

08verb

write all the required information onto a form

“fill out this questionnaire, please!”

“make out a form”

09verb

imply or suggest

“Your remarks make me out to be stupid”

10verb

try to establish

“She made out that she knew nothing about the crime”

Meanings and examples from Open English WordNet 2025. About our sources ↗