to manage to perceive or understand, often with difficulty

to claim or pretend

to write out (a document, etc)

informal to fare or manage

to manage to see, hear, or understand (something or somebody), often with some difficulty

We could just make out the lighthouse

to write out or draft (a document)

Make out the cheque to me

to claim or pretend (that something is so)

He made out that he had never heard of me

to fare or manage

How is he making out in his new job?

NAmer to engage in sexual activity