to make out
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8.1
- phrasal verb
- /meɪk aʊt/
- NSFW
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besarse
- Will you two just make out already?
- kiss or make out
- guys make out
- girls make out
We get there and we start making out kissing or touching.
- We get there and we start making out kissing or touching.
- And then in the first episode, they made out in these prosthetics.
- And I'm pretty sure that Ellie Gemper and I made out on stage.
- You see, you can make out with a mannequin.
- Like, bro, you're making out with your step sister.
- People only want to read, you know, you know, vampires making out or whatever.
- Hey, James, do you want to make out?
- Pete is one glass of tequila away from just straight up making out.
- Or the guys who are snuggling with their dog and making out with their dog.
Examples
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Cassie and Earl are making out.
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He saw me and her kind of making out at the kissing booth.
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Then you have to make out with me to save summer.
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OK, What are your, what are your make out rules on like the first date?
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Who is that woman over there making out with that student?
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When you two are done making out, I need to talk to you.
Fiction book (1991) -
You gonna make out with him or what, eh?
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Guy and a girl parked out in the woods, making out.
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Ahead of them, two teenagers are making out on a bus bench, lip-locked and oblivious.
Fiction book (2000) -
Do you want to make out with me tonight at the party?
Synonyms
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1.0
To touch someone with your lips to show love, greeting, or respect
12
8.2
To kiss and hold someone in a sexual way, often in public
11
4.9
To kiss a person or animal in a playful, loving way
How Passionate
- NSFW
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3.0
- NSFW
132
8.7
- NSFW
130
8.1
- Informal
14
6.1
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1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to kiss or have sexual activity' is an informal idiomatic reading of the phrasal verb that cannot be derived from the literal meanings of 'make' (to do or produce/succeed) and 'out' (away/outside). Because the expression is slangy, polysemous, and culture-specific rather than compositionally built from its parts, a B1 learner who only knows the constituents but has not seen the idiom would not reliably infer this meaning.
Etymology
Make out for kissing likely comes from the idea of two people 'making' their feelings out openly, showing physical affection clearly. That is why it now means 'to kiss' or 'embrace' passionately.