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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
make something out
▪ I. ˌmake sthˈout derived
1. to write out or complete a form or document
• He made out a cheque for €100.
• The doctor made out a prescription for me.
•Applications must be made out in triplicate.
2. (used in negative sentences and questions)to understand sth; to see the reasons for sth
•How do you make that out (= what are your reasons for thinking that)?
•~ what, why, etc… I can't make out what she wants.
Main entry: ↑makederived
▪ II. ˌmake sb/sthˈout derived
1. to manage to see sb/sth or read or hear sth
Syn: ↑distinguish
• I could just make out a figure in the darkness.
•~ what, who, etc… I could hear voices but I couldn't make out what they were saying.
2. to say that sth is true when it may not be
Syn: ↑claim
•She's not as rich as people make out.
•~ that… He made out that he had been robbed.
•~ to be/do sth She makes herself out to be smarter than she really is.
Main entry: ↑makederived
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