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Verb make out has 10 senses

recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart - 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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
write out, issue, make out, cut - make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
--₂ is one way to write
Sample sentence:
The banks make out the check
make out - comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying"
--₃ is one way to understand
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
do, fare, make out, come, get along - 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"
--₄ is one way to proceed, go
Sample sentences:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage - come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
--₅ is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s
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, bonk - have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?"
--₆ is one way to copulate, mate, pair, couple
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
neck, make out - kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car"
--₇ is one way to pet
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
complete, fill out, fill in, make out - write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
make out - imply or suggest; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
--₉ is one way to suggest, intimate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
make out - try to establish; "She made out that she know nothing about the crime"
--₁₀ is one way to claim
Sample sentence:
It ----s that CLAUSE