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make-out

make-out is the alternative form of make out.

Meaning of make out

Verb

make out (third-person singular simple present makes out, present participle making out, simple past and past participle made out)

  1. (transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque).
    • Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To send out.
    • The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job I:17
  3. (transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
    • In the distance, I could just make out a shadowy figure.
    Synonyms:
    descry
  4. (US, intransitive, regional) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).
    • Oh, you were on a TV game show? How did you make out?
    Synonyms:
    make do
  5. (ambitransitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.
    • His version of the story makes me out (to be) the bad guy.
  6. (US, intransitive, slang) To get along with (someone).
    • Him and I always make out well.

See all 9 meanings of make out

Forms of make-out

pluralmake-outs

Questions about make-out

What is make-out the alternative form of?
Make-out is the alternative form of make out.

Words near make-out in the dictionary

  1. make-hawks
  2. make-king
  3. make-koshi
  4. Make-make
  5. make-or-break
  6. make-out
  7. make-outs
  8. make-over
  9. make-overs
  10. make-peace
  11. make-peaces

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Adapted from Wiktionary: make-out (page history and authors); make out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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