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Make out

verb

1.

Detect with the senses. Synonyms: discern, distinguish, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart. "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

2.

Make out and issue. Synonyms: cut, issue, write out. "Cut a ticket" , "Please make the check out to me"

3.

Comprehend.

4.

Proceed or get along. Synonyms: come, do, fare, get along. "How are you making out in graduate school?" , "He's come a long way"

5.

Come to terms with. Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, manage. "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

6.

Have sexual intercourse with. Synonyms: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with. "Adam knew Eve" , "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

7.

Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion. Synonym: neck.

8.

Write all the required information onto a form. Synonyms: complete, fill in, fill out. "Make out a form"

9.

Imply or suggest.

10.

Try to establish.

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"Make out" Quotes from Famous Books

... these natives, sir," he said, "because, so far as I can make out, they haven't any idea of the legal end of it. I've been talking to Ahyatlogok, a bridegroom, and he really doesn't intend to do anything more than try out the bride for a season, Eskimo fashion, to see if he likes her. And if he doesn't and they both want to separate, if I've ...

— The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers • Francis Rolt-Wheeler

... an age before his rifle was through, and every moment he expected another shot. He flattened himself out, Indian fashion, and sighted along the barrel. He was positive that his enemy was watching, yet he could make out nothing that looked like a head anywhere along the log. At one end was a clump of deeper foliage. He was sure he saw a sudden slight movement there, and in the thrill of the moment was tempted to send a bullet into the heart of ...

— The Flaming Forest • James Oliver Curwood

... have both premises handed out to us and have only to draw the conclusion. More often, we hear a person drawing a conclusion from only one expressed premise, and try to make out what the missing premise can be. Sometimes this is easy, as when one says, "I like him because he is always cheerful", from which you see that the person speaking must like cheerful persons. But if you hear it said that such a one "cannot be a real thinker, he is so positive in ...

— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth

... me truly," said the General after a pause, in which he seemed trying to make out whether the Senator was joking or not. "To whom are ...

— The Dodge Club - or, Italy in 1859 • James De Mille

... discerned a little patch of faint light on the floor, which gradually increased in size until he was able to make out that it was thrown from above, and from the corner above the ...

— The Wharf by the Docks - A Novel • Florence Warden

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