make out — (v.) c.1600, get along, from MAKE (Cf. make) (v.) + OUT (Cf. out). Sense of understand is from 1640s; sexual sense first recorded 1939 … Etymology dictionary
make out — index detect, discern (detect with the senses), hear (perceive by ear), note (notice), perceive, pierce (discern) … Law dictionary
make out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it. [V P n (not pron)] I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth... [V n P] She thought she heard a name. She couldn t… … English dictionary
make out — {v.} 1. To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out. * /The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home./ * /Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk … Dictionary of American idioms
make\ out — v 1. To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out. The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home. Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk made out… … Словарь американских идиом
make out — verb Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to complete (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… … New Collegiate Dictionary
make out — v. (colloq.) ( to have success ) (D; intr.) to make out with (how did you make out with the new boss?) * * * [ meɪk aʊt] (colloq.) ( to have success ) (D; intr.) to make out with (how did you make out with the new boss?) … Combinatory dictionary
make out — UK US make out Phrasal Verb with make({{}}/meɪk/ verb [T] (made, made) ► INFORMAL used especially in questions or negative sentences to describe how well or badly someone is doing something: »How s he making out in the new job? … Financial and business terms
make out — vb American a. to indulge in necking or heavy petting b. to succeed in having sex. See also make out artist Both are teenagers extensions of the col loquial sense of the phrase; to be success ful. The usage is probably influenced by the verb make … Contemporary slang
make-out — 1. adjective romantic, designed to accompany a kiss. Equal parts jazz landmark and make out album, it rewards the listener on every level, and established modal jazz as a sub genre that is still being explored. 2. noun A kiss … Wiktionary
