make out
verb
made out; making out; makes out
1
: to complete (something, such as a printed form) by supplying required information
make out a check
2
: to find or grasp the meaning of
tried to make out what had really happened
3
: to form an opinion or idea about : conclude
how do you make that out
4
a
: to represent as being
made them out to be losers
b
: to pretend to be true
made out that he had never heard of me
5
: to represent or delineate in detail
6
: to see and identify with difficulty or effort : discern
make out a ship through the fog
2
a
: to engage in sexual intercourse
b
Examples of make out in a Sentence
we're not rich, but we're making out all right
I can't quite make out what she is trying to say.
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Meanwhile, the Chargers got a bruising running back in North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton, and Rams made out like bandits in a trade with Atlanta, bailing out of the 26th pick in exchange for the Falcons’ second-rounder — the Rams didn’t have a selection in that round — and a first-rounder in 2026.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Shipping companies and merchants and wholesalers made out like bandits.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
The same point might be made out of any good accelerator.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Smith made out their former collaborators to be ungrateful and traitorous, and the kids weren't given the space to question her command.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Shipping companies and merchants and wholesalers made out like bandits.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
The same point might be made out of any good accelerator.
—Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Smith made out their former collaborators to be ungrateful and traitorous, and the kids weren't given the space to question her command.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make out
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“Make out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20out. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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