# make out

Pronunciation: say "mayk OWT" US/UK /meɪk aʊt/, AUS /meɪk æɔt/

## Phrasal verb

1. To embrace and kiss passionately. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: To kiss and hold each other in a romantic, passionate way.
   - _Two teenagers were making out in the back row of the movie theater._
   - _They used to make out in his car in the school parking lot._
2. To discern something; to manage to see, hear or understand it.
   - Simple: To be able to see, hear or understand something that is not clear.
   - _I couldn't make out what she was saying over the music._
   - _The detective made out a faint signature at the bottom of the page._
3. To draw up a document; in particular, to fill in a check naming who is to be paid.
   - Simple: To write and fill in a paper, such as a check, with the name of the person it is for.
   - _Please make out the check to the City Water Department._
   - _The lawyer made out a new contract with the changes we had asked for._
4. To represent someone or something in a particular way, or to make something appear true.
   - Simple: To say or act like something is true, or to show someone as being a certain way.
   - _The newspapers made him out to be a hero, but his neighbors knew better._
   - _Don't make out like this is all my fault._
5. To manage or get along; to fare in a particular way, well or badly. *(dialectal, US)*
   - Simple: To manage, or to do well or badly at something.
   - _How did you make out at the job interview?_
   - _Without a car, we made out fine by taking the bus everywhere._
6. To engage in passionate kissing and caressing, or to go as far as having sex. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: To touch each other sexually, or to have sex.
7. To get along with someone. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: To get along well with someone.
   - _The two partners made out well enough to run the business together for thirty years._
   - _The sales and design departments don't make out, and every joint meeting ends in shouting._
8. To make a home somewhere, often a temporary one. *(slang, US)*
   - Simple: To live somewhere, often for a short time.
   - _After the fire, the family made out in a church basement for two weeks._
   - _The crew will make out in an old trailer on the site until the cabins are finished._

## Phrasal verb

9. To send someone or something out. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To send people or things out.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/make-out (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).