make out

make out
1. transitive verb
1) (write) ausstellen [Scheck, Dokument, Rechnung]; aufstellen [Liste]

make out a cheque to somebody — einen Scheck auf jemanden ausstellen

2) (claim, assert) behaupten

you make me out to be a liar — du stellst mich als Lügner hin

how do you make that out? — wie kommst du darauf?; see also academic.ru/11204/case">case I 4)

3) (understand) verstehen
4) (manage to see or hear) ausmachen; (manage to read) entziffern
5) (pretend) vorgeben
2. intransitive verb
(coll.): (make progress) zurechtkommen (at bei)
* * *
1) (to see, hear or understand: He could make out a ship in the distance.) ausmachen
2) (to make it seem that: He made out that he was earning a huge amount of money.) vorgeben
3) (to write or fill in: The doctor made out a prescription.) ausstellen
4) ((slang) to kiss, hug and caress; to neck: They were making out in the back seat.)
* * *
make out
I. vi (fam)
1. (manage) person zurechtkommen; business sich akk [positiv] entwickeln
how are you making out with John? wie kommst du mit John zurecht?
2. (have sex) rummachen sl
to \make out out with sb esp AM mit jdm rummachen sl
II. vt
to \make out out ⇆ sth etw ausschreiben
to \make out out a bill eine Rechnung schreiben
to \make out out a bill of exchange einen Wechsel ausfertigen
to \make out out a cheque einen Scheck ausstellen
to \make out out the schedule den Dienstplan erstellen
to \make out out a will ein Testament verfassen
2. BRIT, AUS (argue)
to \make out out a case for sth für etw akk argumentieren, etw vertreten
3. (see)
to \make out out ⇆ sth writing, numbers etw entziffern; distant object etw ausmachen; (hear) etw verstehen; (understand)
she's so strange — I can't \make out her out at all sie ist so seltsam — ich werde ganz und gar nicht schlau aus ihr
I just can't \make out out this maths problem ich komme einfach nicht hinter dieses mathematische Problem
nobody can \make out out why you were attacked keiner kann verstehen, warum du angegriffen wurdest
4. (fam: claim)
to \make out sb/sth out to be sth jdn/etw als etw akk hinstellen
the British weather is not as bad as it is made out [to be] das britische Wetter ist nicht so schlecht, wie es immer heißt
stop making out that you're better than us hör auf, dich immer als etwas Besseres hinzustellen
she made out that she was sleeping sie tat so, als ob sie schlafen würde
he made himself out to be a millionaire er gab vor, ein Millionär zu sein
* * *
make out
A v/t
1. einen Scheck etc ausstellen (to sb jemandem)
2. ein Dokument etc ausfertigen
3. eine Liste etc aufstellen
4. ausmachen, erkennen:
make out a figure at a distance
5. einen Sachverhalt etc feststellen, herausbekommen
6. a) jemanden ausfindig machen
b) I can’t make him out ich werde aus ihm nicht klug oder schlau
7. eine Handschrift etc entziffern
8. a) behaupten
b) glaubhaft machen
c) beweisen: case1 A 6;
make sb out a liar jemanden als Lügner hinstellen;
he is not as bad as they make him out to be er ist nicht so schlecht, wie er hingestellt wird
9. US
a) (besonders mühsam) zustande bringen
b) ergeben, (aus)machen
10. a) vervollkommnen
b) KUNST Einzelheiten ausarbeiten
c) eine Summe vollmachen
11. make sb out to be … jemanden halten für …:
he makes himself out to be very important er hält sich für sehr wichtig
12. behaupten, vorgeben:
they make out to be well informed
B v/i
1. besonders US umg
a) Erfolg haben, erfolgreich sein (beide:
as als)
b) sich sanieren, sich gesundstoßen umg (beide:
by durch)
c) gut etc abschneiden
d) gut etc zurechtkommen:
how did you make out?
2. besonders US auskommen (with mit jemandem):
they are making out very well together sie kommen sehr gut miteinander aus
3. US umg sich behelfen (with mit)
4. besonders US sl
a) schmusen (with mit)
b) bumsen vulg (Geschlechtsverkehr haben)
* * *
1. transitive verb
1) (write) ausstellen [Scheck, Dokument, Rechnung]; aufstellen [Liste]

make out a cheque to somebody — einen Scheck auf jemanden ausstellen

2) (claim, assert) behaupten

you make me out to be a liar — du stellst mich als Lügner hin

how do you make that out? — wie kommst du darauf?; see also case I 4)

3) (understand) verstehen
4) (manage to see or hear) ausmachen; (manage to read) entziffern
5) (pretend) vorgeben
2. intransitive verb
(coll.): (make progress) zurechtkommen (at bei)
* * *
v.
entziffern v.
verstehen v.
zusammen reimen v.
zusammenreimen (alt.Rechtschreibung) v.

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