Make Out
[v] imply or suggest; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
[v] comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
[v] try to establish; "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"
[v] write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
[v] make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
[v] kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
[v] have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic); "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
[v] 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"
[v] 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"
[v] 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"
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Synonyms
come, complete, contend, cope, cut, deal, discern, distinguish, do, fare, fill in, fill out, get along, get by, grapple, issue, make do, manage, neck, pick out, recognise, recognize, tell apart, write out
Related Terms
abide by, accept, adhere to, administer, afford proof of, answer, appreciate, apprehend, ascertain, ball, be acquainted with, be apprised of, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, be conversant with, be informed, be intimate, be so, be such, beho