make out (
http://definr.com/make out)
v 1: 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" [syn:
recognize,
recognise,
distinguish,
discern,
pick out, {tell
apart}]
2: make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket";
"Please make the check out to me" [syn:
write out,
issue,
cut]
3: comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is
saying"
4: 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" [syn:
do,
fare,
come,
get along]
5: 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" [syn:
cope,
get by,
make do,
contend,
grapple,
deal,
manage]
6: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic);
"Were you ever intimate with this man?" [syn:
love, {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]
7: kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple
were necking in the back seat of the car" [syn:
neck]
8: write all the required information onto a form; "fill out
this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn:
complete,
fill out,
fill in]
9: imply or suggest: "Your remarks make me out to be stupid"
10: try to establish: "She made out that she know nothing about
the crime"