Phrasal Verb: Make Out

to see or understand with difficulty

Examples

• I can't make out the words.

Key rules

• Make out means see or understand something with difficulty
• It is separable: make out the words or make the words out
• With a pronoun, the pronoun goes in the middle: make it out
• It also means kiss informally, a different meaning

Common mistakes

• I can't make out it → I can't make it out