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| 1. | [ verb ] detect with the senses | |
| Synonyms: | recognize discern distinguish pick_out tell_apart recognise | |
| Examples: | "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards" "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" |
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| Related terms: | resolve discriminate discernment perceive | |
| 2. | [ verb ] comprehend | |
| Examples: | "I cannot make out what this politician is saying" |
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| Related terms: | understand | |
| 3. | [ verb ] (writing) make out and issue | |
| Synonyms: | issue cut write_out | |
| Examples: | "write out a check" "cut a ticket" "Please make the check out to me" |
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| Related terms: | write check | |
| 4. | [ verb ] come to terms or deal successfully with; | |
| Synonyms: | deal cope manage grapple get_by contend make_do | |
| Examples: | "We got by on just a gallon of gas" "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
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| Related terms: | act meet fend hack extemporize scrape_along braving | |
| 5. | [ verb ] proceed or get along | |
| Synonyms: | do get_along fare come | |
| Examples: | "How is she doing in her new job?" "How are you making out in graduate school?" "He's come a long way" |
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| Related terms: | proceed | |
| 6. | [ verb ] write all the required information onto a form | |
| Synonyms: | fill_out complete fill_in | |
| Examples: | "fill out this questionnaire, please!" "make out a form" |
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| Related terms: | write_down | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (sexuality) kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion | |
| Synonyms: | neck | |
| Examples: | "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
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| Related terms: | pet smooch love | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (sexuality) have sexual intercourse with | |
| Synonyms: | be_intimate sleep_with make_love have_intercourse have_sex get_laid hump bed have_it_away have_it_off fuck screw jazz eff do_it lie_with know have_a_go_at_it bang get_it_on bonk roll_in_the_hay love | |
| Examples: | "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm" "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic) "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
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| Related terms: | copulate take fornicate archaism neck bed love fuck lover sexual_love | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (logic) imply or suggest | |
| Examples: | : "Your remarks make me out to be stupid" |
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| Related terms: | suggest | |
| 10. | [ verb ] try to establish | |
| Examples: | : "She made out that she know nothing about the crime" |
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| Related terms: | claim | |
| Similar spelling: |
max_out Majkut make_it make_do Macedo Majette |
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