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"sense": "to succeed",
"word": "make out like a bandit"
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"text": "Cheques may be made out to the Foo Bar Company.",
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"(transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque) to a given recipient, payee."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to draw up; designate as the recipient",
"word": "kirjoittaa"
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"sense": "to draw up; designate as the recipient",
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"sense": "to draw up; designate as the recipient",
"word": "ausstellen"
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"word": "adressieren"
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"sense": "to draw up; designate as the recipient",
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"sense": "to draw up; designate as the recipient",
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"sense": "to kiss, pet, and so on",
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"To send out."
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"(obsolete, transitive) To send out."
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"word": "perceive"
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{
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"word": "make whoopee"
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"word": "изпращам"
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"sense": "to send out",
"word": "派遣"
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"text": "In the distance, I could just make out a shadowy figure."
},
{
"ref": "August 16 2014, Daniel Taylor, \"Swansea upstage Manchester United in Louis van Gaal’s Premier League bow,\" guardian.co.uk",
"text": "There was a startling lack of creativity and if Van Gaal had listened closely he would have made out the mocking chants from the away end, as the visiting fans embarked on the repertoire of songs that formed the soundtrack to David Moyes’s time in the job."
}
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"To discern; to manage to see, hear etc."
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"word": "saada selvää"
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"word": "tunnistaa"
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"word": "dégager"
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"word": "mitbekommen"
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"word": "înțelege"
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"word": "vislumbrar"
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"word": "urskilja"
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{
"text": "Oh, you were on a TV game show? How did you make out?",
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{
"ref": "1931, Hart Crane, letter, 5 June",
"text": "Regarding money—I shall economize and make out probably very well from now on—without any outside help."
},
{
"ref": "1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids",
"text": "'Will this little shack serve – or do we go further?' I asked.\n'Oh, I guess we'll make out,' she said. And together we waded through the delicate cream carpet to explore.",
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"roman": "spravjam se",
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"word": "справям се"
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"word": "pärjätä"
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"word": "réussir"
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"word": "arriver"
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"word": "(to seducing) conclure"
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"word": "durchkommen"
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"text": "His version of the story makes me out to be the bad guy.",
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{
"ref": "2002, Meg Cabot, All-American Girl, 2003 Harper Trophy paperback edition, page 134",
"text": "She hadn't invited me to a party at her house since the third grade, and here she was, making out like we'd never stopped being friends."
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"(transitive, intransitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true."
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"_dis1": "8 9 3 5 72 2 2",
"code": "bg",
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"roman": "dokazvam",
"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "доказвам"
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"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "teeskennellä"
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"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "saada näyttämään (joltakin)"
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"word": "représenter"
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"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "faire passer pour"
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"roman": "skarfízomai",
"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "σκαρφίζομαι"
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"word": "επινοώ"
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"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "изобража́ть"
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"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "leig air"
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{
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"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "hacer parecer"
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"sense": "to represent as being true",
"word": "hitta på"
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"word": "fabricera"
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"text": "We found a secluded spot where we could make out in private.",
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"To embrace and kiss passionately."
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
"code": "az",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "əmişmək"
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"roman": "qīnrè",
"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "亲热"
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
"code": "da",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "snave"
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "muhinoida"
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{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "nuolla"
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "embrasser (passionnément)"
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"word": "faire l’amour"
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "knutschen"
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "sich küssen"
},
{
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "φασώνομαι"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "hitmazméz",
"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "הִתְמַזְמֵז"
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "kline"
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "celovátʹsja",
"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "целова́ться"
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"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "liarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "enrollarse"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
"code": "es",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "darse el lote"
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{
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"tags": [
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"word": "apretar"
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{
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"word": "besuquearse"
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{
"_dis1": "2 2 1 2 1 88 4",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "hångla"
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{
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},
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to draw up; designate as the recipient",
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"word": "派遣"
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"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to discern",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "fr",
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"word": "亲热"
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"word": "nuolla"
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{
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{
"code": "fr",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "faire l’amour"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "knutschen"
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "φασώνομαι"
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{
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"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
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{
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "es",
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"word": "darse el lote"
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{
"code": "es",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "besuquearse"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "hångla"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to embrace and kiss passionately",
"word": "strula"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "milovat se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse",
"word": "muhinoida"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse",
"word": "nuolla"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanjatʹsja seksom",
"sense": "to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse",
"word": "заняться сексом"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zanjatʹsja ljubovʹju",
"sense": "to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse",
"word": "заняться любовью"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "perespatʹ",
"sense": "to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse",
"word": "переспать"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse",
"word": "enrollarse"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Making out"
],
"word": "make out"
}
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