make out Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb detect with the senses
recognize; spot; tell apart; recognise; distinguish; pick out; discern.
- The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards
- I can't make out the faces in this photograph
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verb make out and issue
cut; issue; write out.
- write out a check
- cut a ticket
- Please make the check out to me
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verb comprehend
- I cannot make out what this politician is saying
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verb proceed or get along
fare; do; come; get along.
- How is she doing in her new job?
- How are you making out in graduate school?
- He's come a long way
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verb come to terms with
contend; deal; cope; manage; get by; grapple; make do.
- We got by on just a gallon of gas
- They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
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verb have sexual intercourse with
love; fuck; sleep with; have it away; screw; have intercourse; get it on; lie with; hump; make love; get laid; have a go at it; bonk; eff; have sex; jazz; be intimate; know; have it off; bang; bed; do it; roll in the hay; sleep together.
- This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm
- Adam knew Eve
- Were you ever intimate with this man?
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verb kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
neck.
- The couple were necking in the back seat of the car
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verb write all the required information onto a form
fill in; fill out; complete.
- fill out this questionnaire, please!
- make out a form
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verb imply or suggest
- Your remarks make me out to be stupid
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verb try to establish
- She made out that she know nothing about the crime