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make out

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apartverb

    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"

  2. write out, issue, make out, cutverb

    make out and issue

    "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"

  3. make outverb

    comprehend

    "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"

  4. do, fare, make out, come, get alongverb

    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"

  5. cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manageverb

    come to terms with

    "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

  6. 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, bonkverb

    have sexual intercourse with

    "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"

  7. neck, make outverb

    kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

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

  8. complete, fill out, fill in, make outverb

    write all the required information onto a form

    "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"

  9. make outverb

    imply or suggest

    "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"

  10. make outverb

    try to establish

    "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"

Wiktionary

  1. make outverb

    To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque) to a given recipient, payee.

  2. make outverb

    To send out.

  3. make outverb

    To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.

  4. make outverb

    To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).

  5. make outverb

    To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.

  6. make outverb

    To succeed in seducing; to have sex with.

  7. make outverb

    To kiss passionately.

ChatGPT

  1. make out

    To make out often has different meanings depending on the context. It may refer to understanding or discerning something, especially with difficulty; to engage in intimate physical contact or sexual activity, usually involving kissing; to write or fill in a required form or details; or can be used colloquially to describe how well someone performed or how they fared in a situation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of make out in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of make out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of make out in a Sentence

  1. Erica Renteria:

    You have to use a toothpick brush to brush your teeth and be careful. You need to rinse also because your mouth can get dry. The only thing is you can’t really make out.

  2. Fusek Peters:

    I thought it would make an interesting picture because theres some great symbolism, manstone Rock looks like a persons face. You can make out the face easily and it is looking at the comet. The idea of the face looking at the comet appealed to me.

  3. Teresa Ghilarducci:

    People with assets have slower long-term thinking because of their economic position, and at times like this, they make out like bandits.

  4. Tim Matheson:

    It felt like I was watching someone make out with my wife.

  5. Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald:

    Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald said at a news conference in October. FLASHBACK : James Closs FAMILY, COMMUNITY HOLD OUT HOPE 2 MONTHS AFTER TEENS DISAPPEARANCE Emergencylogsreleased days laterappeared to indicate that the cell phone of James Closs mother, 46-year-old Denise Closs, placed the call and that James Closs, 56-year-old James Closs, answered the door and was the first to be fatally shot. No one talked on that call and we dont know who made it. We heard voices but we cant make out what was said, we do believe James Closs was home at the time the call was made. Detectives pursued thousands of tips, watched dozens of surveillance videos and conducted numerous searches in the effort to find the girl. James Closs, 13, vanished on Oct. 15 after her parents were fatally shot at their home in Barron County, located about 80 miles northeast of Minneapolis. ( Courtesy of Barron County Sheriff's Department via AP, File) Roughly two weeks after she disappeared, a man identified as Kyle Jaenke-Annis, 32, was arrested for allegedly burglarizing the James Closs home. He was reportedly found with two girls tank tops, underwear, and a dress. However, Barron County officials cleared him of any involvement in the teens disappearance. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The sheriff previously said his office was receiving around 25 tips per day regarding James Closs disappearance. Hed been confident that James Closs was alive somewhere.


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