make out

verb

1. tr to discern or perceive

   can you make out that house in the distance?

2. tr to understand or comprehend

   I can't make out this letter

3. tr to write out

   he made out a cheque

4. tr to attempt to establish or prove

   he made me out to be a liar

5. intr to pretend

   he made out that he could cook

6. intr to manage or fare

   how did you make out in the contest?

7. informal.
   introften foll bywith to engage in necking or petting

   Alan is making out with Jane

Example Sentences

The image was marred by interference, but Romeo thought he could make out twin vertical stabilizers on the tail.

From Los Angeles Times

He added that he still has flashbacks of the night and "can’t get the noise my mother was making out of my head".

From BBC

She also shares her fond memory of making out with a handsome stranger while on her honeymoon in Italy.

From Los Angeles Times

Grace is the snail of Elliot’s title; she’s constantly wearing a hat adorned with two tentacled eyes made out of juggling balls.

From Los Angeles Times

With their hazy, smeared-on texture, Powder Kiss and similarly blurry formulas do the work for you of running into a wall or making out with someone you only kind of like.

From Los Angeles Times