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Definitions of
make out
verb
detect with the senses
“I can't
make out
the faces in this photograph”
synonyms:
discern
,
distinguish
,
pick out
,
recognise
,
recognize
,
spot
,
tell apart
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resolve
make clearly visible
discriminate
distinguish
verb
comprehend
“I cannot
make out
what this politician is saying”
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type of:
understand
know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
verb
write all the required information onto a form
“
make out
a form”
synonyms:
complete
,
fill in
,
fill out
verb
make out and issue
synonyms:
cut
,
issue
,
write out
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types:
check
write out a check on a bank account
type of:
write
communicate or express by writing
verb
proceed or get along
“How are you
making out
in graduate school?”
synonyms:
come
,
do
,
fare
,
get along
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type of:
go
,
proceed
follow a certain course
verb
come to terms with
synonyms:
contend
,
cope
,
deal
,
get by
,
grapple
,
make do
,
manage
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extemporize
,
improvise
manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
fend
try to manage without help
cut
,
hack
be able to manage or manage successfully
rub along
,
scrape along
,
scrape by
,
scratch along
,
squeak by
,
squeeze by
manage one's existence barely
cope with
,
match
,
meet
satisfy or fulfill
type of:
act
,
move
perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
verb
have sexual intercourse with
synonyms:
have intercourse
,
have sex
,
love
,
roll in the hay
neck
kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
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have
,
take
have sex with; archaic use
fornicate
have sex without being married
swing
engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
bed-hop
,
bedhop
,
sleep around
be sexually active with more than one partner
verb
kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion
synonyms:
neck
have intercourse
,
have sex
,
love
,
roll in the hay
have sexual intercourse with
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types:
smooch
,
spoon
snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others
type of:
pet
stroke or caress gently
verb
imply or suggest
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type of:
intimate
,
suggest
imply as a possibility
verb
try to establish
“She
made out
that she know nothing about the crime”
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type of:
claim
assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing
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