comprehend; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying";
try to establish; "She made out that she know nothing about the crime";
imply or suggest; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid";
write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form";
make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me";
kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car";
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";
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";
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";