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make out

verb

  1. tr to discern or perceive

    can you make out that house in the distance?

  2. tr to understand or comprehend

    I can't make out this letter

  3. tr to write out

    he made out a cheque

  4. tr to attempt to establish or prove

    he made me out to be a liar

  5. intr to pretend

    he made out that he could cook

  6. intr to manage or fare

    how did you make out in the contest?

  7. informal.
    introften foll bywith to engage in necking or petting

    Alan is making out with Jane

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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