make out

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque).
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To send out.
  3. (transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
  4. (US, intransitive, regional) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).
  5. (intransitive, transitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.
  6. (US, intransitive, slang) To get along with (someone).
  7. (US, intransitive, slang) To make an (often temporary) home.
  8. (US, intransitive, slang) To embrace and kiss passionately.
  9. (US, intransitive, slang) To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/meɪk aʊt/

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