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make out something/someone
(UNDERSTAND) — phrasal verb with make /meɪk/ verb (past tense and past participle made /meɪd/)Definition
› to see, hear, or understand something or someone with difficulty: I couldn’t make out what he said.
(Definition of make out something/someone (UNDERSTAND) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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