make out

detect with the senses

• “The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards”
• “I can”

make out and issue

• “write out a check”
• “cut a ticket”
• “Please make the check out to me”

comprehend

• “I cannot make out what this politician is saying”

proceed or get along

• “How is she doing in her new job?”
• “How are you making out in graduate school?”
• “He”

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”

have sexual intercourse with

• “This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm”
• “Adam knew Eve”
• “Were you ever intimate with this man?”

kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion

• “The couple were necking in the back seat of the car”

write all the required information onto a form

• “fill out this questionnaire, please!”
• “make out a form”

imply or suggest

• “Your remarks make me out to be stupid”

try to establish

• “She made out that she know nothing about the crime”