make out
US informal— phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made
(SUCCEED)
to deal with a situation, usually in a successful way:
How is Frances making out in her new job?
The business made out better than expected and profits were slightly up.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- attain
- bear
- go (off) without a hitch idiom
- go places idiom
- go the whole hog idiom
- grade
- groove
- have the last laugh idiom
- kill
- rise
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
- succeed
- sunset
- take hold idiom
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(HAVE SEX)
to kiss and touch in a sexual way, or to succeed in having sex with someone:
Boys at that age are only interested in making out with girls.