makes out

present tense third-person singular of make out
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to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information as best as I can make out, the police were informed of the incident but didn't think it was worth investigating

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of makes out Even Fraser makes out with Rainbeau and Damo. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for makes out
Verb
  • Unlike other forms of stress, exercise stress is a good thing, because the body copes with it in a positive way.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Healing does not look the same for everyone, and the way each person copes with distress can vary greatly.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Treatment centers, everyone knows, are a racket.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Zanni really knows how to drag it out, and criminal thoughts creep into my mind.
    Domenico Starnone, The Atlantic, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The label is applied when a teen pretends or forces himself to present in this way just to win the romantic attention of the young women around him.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The lies begin as soon as Max encounters Guillermo, an arrogant nepo baby who blamed him for Ane’s death but now pretends to accept his apology.
    Judy Berman, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Davis also explains that her appreciation for the Loungefly designs derives from her childhood, sharing that her father is an artist and set designer, and her mother was an interior designer.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps the importance of the Ali-Frazier match derives from the extremity of those blood-sport contradictions.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In Season 3, Arisu follows Usagi into Borderland, just like Alice does the white rabbit to Wonderland.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The housing authority, which does business as the Metropolitan Housing Alliance, is governed by a five-member board.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Deadline understands that two companies that didn’t make the final three have, in fact, scored separate developments with the streamer.
    Peter White, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a quality Melville understands is important at the next level.
    Andrew Cornelius, Twin Cities, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gina, meanwhile, decides there’s no point in any of it.
    Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The Japanese anime series follows a young figure skater Yuri who, after a string of crushing losses leading up to the Grand Prix Finale, is taken under the wing of a Russian figure skating champion named Victor, who decides to be his coach.
    James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The travel website recently issued its annual Best of the Best restaurants list, which recognizes the nation's top restaurants based on ratings and reviews by TripAdvisor users.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • For its part, Microsoft recognizes the attention data center water usage has had on the public.
    Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025

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“Makes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/makes%20out. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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