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make out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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"
    do  fare  make out  come  get along 
  2. write all the required information onto a form
    "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
    complete  fill out  fill in  make out 
  3. come to terms with
    "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
    cope  get by  make out  make do  contend  grapple  deal  manage 
  4. make out and issue
    "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
    write out  issue  make out  cut 
  5. 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"
    spot  recognize  recognise  distinguish  discern  pick out  make out  tell apart 
  6. have sexual intercourse with
    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
    sleep together  roll in the hay  love  make out  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. comprehend
    "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
    make out 
  8. imply or suggest
    "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
    make out 
  9. try to establish
    "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"
    make out 
  10. kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
    "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
    neck  make out 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


make out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (transitive) To discern.
  2. (verb) (transitive) To characterize as; "often with" to be.
  3. (verb) (context/US/slang)(intransitive) To kiss or to make love.
  4. (verb) (context/US/informal)(intransitive) To succeed; to turn out or end up.
  5. (verb) (idiom)(intransitive) To fabricate a story.
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