Found 1 items, similar to make out.
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Definition: make out
make out
v 1: 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” [syn:
recognize,
recognise,
distinguish,
discern,
pick out,
tell apart
]
2: make out and issue;
“write out a check”;
“cut a ticket”;
“Please make the check out to me” [syn:
write out,
issue,
cut]
3: comprehend;
“I cannot make out what this politician is
saying”
4: 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” [syn:
do,
fare,
come,
get along]
5: come to terms or deal successfully with;
“We got by on just
a gallon of gas”;
“They made do on half a loaf of bread
every day” [syn:
cope,
get by,
make do,
contend,
grapple,
deal,
manage]
6: have sexual intercourse with;
“This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm”;
“Adam knew Eve”;
“Were you ever
intimate with this man?” [syn:
roll in the hay,
love,
make love,
sleep with,
get laid,
have sex,
know,
do it,
be intimate,
have intercourse,
have it away,
have it off,
screw,
fuck,
jazz,
eff,
hump,
lie with
,
bed,
have a go at it,
bang,
get it on,
bonk]
7: kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion;
“The couple
were necking in the back seat of the car” [syn:
neck]
8: write all the required information onto a form;
“fill out
this questionnaire, please!”;
“make out a form” [syn:
complete,
fill out,
fill in]
9: imply or suggest;
“Your remarks make me out to be stupid”
10: try to establish;
“She made out that she know nothing about
the crime”