make out

/meɪk aʊt/ verb

To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque). (transitive) · Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company.
To discern; to manage to see, hear etc. (transitive) · In the distance, I could just make out a shadowy figure.
To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.). (US, intransitive) · Oh, you were on a TV game show? How did you make out?
To represent; to make (something) appear to be true. · His version of the story makes me out (to be) the bad guy.
To get along with (someone). (US, intransitive, slang) · Him and I always make out well.
To make an (often temporary) home. (US, intransitive, slang) · I'll make out in this room for the night.
To embrace and kiss passionately. (US, intransitive, slang) · We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private.

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“How can I tell you?” replied he; “I am, like yourself, utterly bewildered at all that is going on, and cannot in the least make out what it is about.” Caderousse then looked around for Fernand, but he had disappeared.

The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 32 · C1

As far as I can make out, the League was founded by an American millionaire, Ezekiah Hopkins, who was very peculiar in his ways.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · B2

Far as I can make out from her story, Mr.

Anne of Green Gables, p. 121 · C1

First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 2 · B2

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