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ALL meanings of making out

mak·ing out
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  • verb with object making out to cause, induce, or compel: to make a horse jump a barrier. 1
  • verb with object making out to give rise to; occasion: It's not worth making a fuss over such a trifle. 1
  • verb with object making out to produce, earn, or win for oneself: to make a good salary; to make one's fortune in oil. 1
  • verb with object making out to write or compose: to make a short poem for the occasion. 1
  • verb with object making out to draw up, as a legal document; draft: to make a will. 1
  • verb with object making out to do; effect: to make a bargain. 1
  • verb with object making out to establish or enact; put into existence: to make laws. 1
  • verb with object making out to become by development; prove to be: You'll make a good lawyer. 1
  • verb with object making out to form in the mind, as a judgment or estimate: to make a decision. 1
  • verb with object making out to judge or interpret, as to the truth, nature, meaning, etc. (often followed by of): What do you make of it? 1
  • verb with object making out to estimate; reckon: to make the distance at ten miles. 1
  • verb with object making out to bring together separate parts so as to produce a whole; compose; form: to make a matched set. 1
  • verb with object making out to amount to; bring up the total to: Two plus two makes four. That makes an even dozen. 1
  • verb with object making out to serve as: to make good reading. 1
  • verb with object making out to be sufficient to constitute: One story does not make a writer. 1
  • verb with object making out to be adequate or suitable for: This wool will make a warm sweater. 1
  • verb with object making out to assure the success or fortune of: a deal that could make or break him; Seeing her made my day. 1
  • verb with object making out to deliver, utter, or put forth: to make a stirring speech. 1
  • verb with object making out to go or travel at a particular speed: to make 60 miles an hour. 1
  • verb with object making out to arrive at or reach; attain: The ship made port on Friday. Do you think he'll make 80? 1
  • verb with object making out to arrive in time for: to make the first show. 1
  • verb with object making out to arrive in time to be a passenger on (a plane, boat, bus, train, etc.): If you hurry, you can make the next flight. 1
  • verb with object making out Informal. to gain or acquire a position within: He made the big time. 1
  • verb with object making out to receive mention or appear in or on: The robbery made the front page. 1
  • verb with object making out to gain recognition or honor by winning a place or being chosen for inclusion in or on: The novel made the bestseller list. He made the all-American team three years in a row. 1
  • verb with object making out Slang. to have sexual intercourse with. 1
  • verb with object making out Cards. to name (the trump). to take a trick with (a card). Bridge. to fulfill or achieve (a contract or bid). to shuffle (the cards). 1
  • verb with object making out to earn, as a score: The team made 40 points in the first half. 1
  • verb with object making out Slang. to recognize or identify: Any cop in town will make you as soon as you walk down the street. to charge or cause to be charged with a crime: The police expect to make a couple of suspects soon. 1
  • verb with object making out to close (an electric circuit). 1
  • verb with object making out South Midland and Southern U.S. to plant and cultivate or produce (a crop): He makes some of the best corn in the country. 1
  • verb without object making out to cause oneself, or something understood, to be as specified: to make sure. 1
  • verb without object making out to show oneself to be or seem in action or behavior (usually followed by an adjective): to make merry. 1
  • verb without object making out to be made, as specified: This fabric makes up into beautiful drapes. 1
  • verb without object making out to move or proceed in a particular direction: They made after the thief. 1
  • verb without object making out to rise, as the tide or water in a ship. 1
  • verb without object making out South Midland and Southern U.S. (of a crop) to grow, develop, or mature: It looks like the corn's going to make pretty good this year. 1
  • verb without object making out make down, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to rain or snow: It's making down hard. 1
  • verb without object making out make fast, Chiefly Nautical. to fasten or secure. 1
  • verb without object making out make shut, Chiefly Pennsylvania German. to close: Make the door shut. 1
  • noun making out the style or manner in which something is made; form; build. 1
  • noun making out production with reference to the manufacturer; brand: our own make. 1
  • noun making out disposition; character; nature. 1
  • noun making out the act or process of making. 1
  • noun making out quantity made; output. 1
  • noun making out Cards. the act of naming the trump, or the suit named as trump. 1
  • noun making out Electricity. the closing of an electric circuit. 1
  • noun making out Jewelry. the excellence of a polished diamond with regard to proportion, symmetry, and finish. 1
  • noun making out Slang. identifying information about a person or thing from police records: He radioed headquarters for a make on the car's license plate. 1
  • idioms making out make a play for, to try to get: He made a play for his brother's girlfriend. They made a play for control of the company's stock. 1
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