make out

verb

1. 1

   comprehend

   I cannot make out what this politician is saying

2. 2

   try to establish

   She made out that she know nothing about the crime

3. 3

   imply or suggest

   Your remarks make me out to be stupid

4. 4

   write all the required information onto a form

   fill out this questionnaire, please!

   make out a form

5. 5

   make out and issue

   write out a check

   cut a ticket

6. 6

   kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

   The couple were necking in the back seat of the car

7. 7

   have sexual intercourse with

   This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm

   Adam knew Eve

8. 8

   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

9. 9

   come to terms with

   We got by on just a gallon of gas

   They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

10. 10

    proceed or get along

    How is she doing in her new job?

    How are you making out in graduate school?