"make out like a bandit" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-make out like a bandit.ogg [Australia] Forms: makes out like a bandit [present, singular, third-person], making out like a bandit [participle, present], made out like a bandit [participle, past], made out like a bandit [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|make<,,made> out like a bandit|head=make out like a bandit}} make out like a bandit (third-person singular simple present makes out like a bandit, present participle making out like a bandit, simple past and past participle made out like a bandit)
  1. (idiomatic, informal) To profit greatly; to get an excessively good deal Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: make out like bandits

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