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makes out

vb. (en-third-person singular of: make out)

Usage examples of "makes out".

Dimly, thorough failing eyes, Devereaux makes out on Carrington's features an expression of supreme satisfaction.

As his eyes become accustomed to the gloom, Robin makes out a heap of blankets on a camp bed.

Charley is a great hand for playing the horses with any dough he makes out of the Crystal Room, and this particular season the guys who play the horses are being murdered by the bookies all over the country, and are in terrible distress.