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make out

verb

tr to discern or perceive
can you make out that house in the distance?
tr to understand or comprehend
I can't make out this letter
tr to write out
he made out a cheque
tr to attempt to establish or prove
he made me out to be a liar
intr to pretend
he made out that he could cook
intr to manage or fare
how did you make out in the contest?
informal.
introften foll bywith to engage in necking or petting
Alan is making out with Jane

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She recommended that couples feeling vacation stress take the emphasis off sex and focus on connection, then “spend time making out, massage each other or lovingly touch each other. And see what happens from there.”

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But even in a close-up, I couldn’t make out what it read.

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At a wildfire relief event Feb. 9, Taiwanese dignitaries, California politicians and Arcadia firefighters posed for a photo with a giant check made out to a fledgling foundation.

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The soap is flavoured to taste like beans on toast, and is made out of cacao butter, organic oat flour, avocado oil and paprika as well as beans and toast flavouring.

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Gertrudis could make out her son from a tattoo of a rose he has on his forearm.

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make-or-break make out like a bandit

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