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  • 1make out — ► make out 1) manage with difficulty to see, hear, or understand. 2) represent as or pretend. 3) draw up (a list or document). 4) informal make progress; fare. Main Entry: ↑make …

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  • 2make 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… …

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  • 3make out — phrasal verb Word forms make out : present tense I/you/we/they make out he/she/it makes out present participle making out past tense made out past participle made out 1) a) [transitive] to see, hear, or understand someone or something with… …

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  • 4make 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&#8230; …

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  • 5make out — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To understand] Syn. perceive, recognize, see; see understand 1 . 2. [To succeed] Syn. accomplish, achieve, prosper; see succeed 1 . 3. [*To kiss] Syn. neck, fondle, pet; see kiss . 4. [To see] Syn. discern, perceive, detect; …

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  • 6To make out — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]&#8230; …

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  • 7To come out with — Come Come, v. i. [imp. {Came}; p. p. {Come}; p. pr & vb. n. {Coming}.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. ? to go, Skr. gam.&#8230; …

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  • 8make — make1 [māk] vt. made, making [ME maken &LT; OE macian, akin to Ger machen &LT; IE base * maĝ , to knead, press, stretch &GT; MASON, Gr magis, kneaded mass, paste, dough, mageus, kneader] 1. to bring into being; specif., a) to form by shaping or&#8230; …

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  • 9Out of conceit with — Out Out (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.]&#8230; …

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  • 10Out — (out), adv. [OE. out, ut, oute, ute, AS. [=u]t, and [=u]te, [=u]tan, fr. [=u]t; akin to D. uit, OS. [=u]t, G. aus, OHG. [=u]z, Icel. [=u]t, Sw. ut, Dan. ud, Goth. ut, Skr. ud. [root]198. Cf. {About}, {But}, prep., {Carouse}, {Utter}, a.] In its&#8230; …

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