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MAKE OUT

(verb)
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There are 10 meanings of the phrase Make Out.

Make Out - as a verb

Detect with the senses

Example: "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
discern10distinguish16pick outrecognise12recognize21spot6tell apart
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Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

Make out and issue

Example: "Write out a check"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
cut5issue5write out
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
write8
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

Distinguish by sight or hearing

Example: "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"

Proceed or get along

Example: "How is she doing in her new job?"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
come8do3fare7get along

Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

Example: "We got by on just a gallon of gas"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
contend10cope8deal5get bygrapple12manage9
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
act5move9
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

Kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

Example: "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
neck10
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
pet5
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

Write all the required information onto a form

Example: "Fill out this questionnaire, please!"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
complete14fill out

Imply or suggest

Example: "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"

Try to establish

Example: "She made out that she knew nothing about the crime"

Example Sentences

"There was a make out session happening in the backseat of the car."
"He had a make out mark on his neck."
"The movie was so scary, it was hard to make out the details."
"She was wearing a make out dress for the date."
"The couple was caught in a make out position by their friends."
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