To write the facts asked for (as in an application blank or a report form); fill out; to prepare a legal document.
Harold, please make the check out to Acme Piano Company.
Mrs. Smith gave the clerk in the store some money and the clerk made out a receipt.
The teacher made out the report cards and gave them to the students to take home.
To see, hear, or understand by trying hard.
Charlie didn't make out very well on his final examinations. He may have to repeat one or more classes.
How did Rachelle make out on her acting audition in Hollywood yesterday?
It was dark, and we could not make out who was coming along the road.
Mr. White does many strange things. No one can make him out.
The book had many hard words and Anne could not make out what the writer meant.
The letter was so poorly handwritten that I couldn’t make out many of the words.
They could not make out what the child had drawn.
To make someone believe; show; prove.
Charles and Bob had a fight, and Charles tried to make out that Bob started it.
The boy said he did not take the money but the teacher found the money in the boy's desk and it made him out to be a liar.