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1make out — (v.) c.1600, get along, from MAKE (Cf. make) (v.) + OUT (Cf. out). Sense of understand is from 1640s; sexual sense first recorded 1939 …
2make out — index detect, discern (detect with the senses), hear (perceive by ear), note (notice), perceive, pierce (discern) …
3make out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it. [V P n (not pron)] I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth... [V n P] She thought she heard a name. She couldn t… …
4make out — {v.} 1. To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out. * /The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home./ * /Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk …
5make out — {v.} 1. To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out. * /The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home./ * /Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk …
6make\ out — v 1. To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out. The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home. Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk made out… …
7make out — verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to complete (as a printed form) by supplying required information < make out a check > 2. to find or grasp the meaning of < tried to make out what had really happened > 3. to form an opinion or idea… …
8make out — v. (colloq.) ( to have success ) (D; intr.) to make out with (how did you make out with the new boss?) * * * [ meɪk aʊt] (colloq.) ( to have success ) (D; intr.) to make out with (how did you make out with the new boss?) …
9make out — UK US make out Phrasal Verb with make({{}}/meɪk/ verb [T] (made, made) ► INFORMAL used especially in questions or negative sentences to describe how well or badly someone is doing something: »How s he making out in the new job? …
10make out — I. do, finish, end up How did you make out when you played the Rebels? Did you win? II. kiss and hug, get it on, make whoopee Keith and Dawn were making out in the back seat of the car …
