make out

detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

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's come a long way"

come to terms 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"