Meaning
- To kiss and touch someone passionately.
- To manage or cope in a situation.
- To understand or see something clearly after some difficulty.
- To falsely pretend or claim to portray something or someone.
- To write or fill out a check, documentation or prescription.
Today's Sentences
- They were making out in the back of the car.
- How are you making out with your new job?
- Writer's Note
01
They were making out in the back of the car.
Situation
Did you see Josh and Mia at school yesterday?
Yeah, I couldn’t believe it!
They were making out in the back of the car.
Seriously?
That’s a bit much for a school parking lot.
Tell me about it.
A couple of teachers even walked by!
02
How are you making out with your new job?
Situation
Hey, it’s been a couple of weeks, how are you making out with your new job?
It’s going pretty well.
Still getting used to things, but the team’s been super helpful.
That’s good to hear.
Are you enjoying the work so far?
Definitely. It’s challenging, but in a good way.
Way better than my last role.
Writer's Note
The phrasal verb "make out" is intransitive, transitive, separable, and inseparable. Let’s go over the breakdown together.
- Intransitive - Often used informally, usually followed by with a task or situation.
Example 1: How are you making out with your new job?
Example 2: They were making out in the back of the car. - Transitive - The object must come after the full phrasal verb.
Example 1: I couldn’t make out what she was saying over the noise.
Example 2: He made himself out to be a genius. - Separable - These meanings allow the object to come between "make" and "out" or follow the whole phrasal verb.
Example 1: Can you make the check out to Nancy Haydn?
Example 2: The accountant made the invoice out to the wrong client.
Example 3: She made the prescription out using her full name and address. - Inseparable - These meanings require the object to follow the entire phrasal verb. You cannot place the object between "make" and "out".
Example 1: I could barely make out the handwriting on the old letter.
Example 2: Can you make out what she’s saying in the video?
Example 3: It was too foggy to make out the road signs.
Related Words: Act like, allege, canoodle, carry on, catch, claim, complete, cope, decipher, depict, detect, discern, distinguish, do, draw up, fare, figure out, fill out, fool around, get by, handle, hook up, hold up, identify, issue, kiss, manage, misrepresent, neck, perceive, pick out, portray, pose as, prepare, pretend, recognize, represent, see, smooch, survive, write.
