make sth/sb out
— phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made
B2 to see, hear, or understand something or someone with difficulty:
The numbers are too small - I can't make them out at all.
I can't make out your writing.
She's a strange person - I can't make her out at all.
[ + question word ] Nobody can make out why you should have been attacked.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb of sth/sb
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- realize
- take sth in
- twig
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