Usually means: Kissing intimately for extended periods.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word make out:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. make out: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. make out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. make out: Collins English Dictionary
  4. make out: Vocabulary.com
  5. Make-Out, make-out: Wordnik
  6. make out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. make-out, make out: Wiktionary
  8. make out: Dictionary.com
  9. Make Out (band), Make out: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. make out: Rhymezone
  11. make out: Phrasal Verb Page
  12. make out: Free Dictionary
  13. make out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. make out: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make out: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make out: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. make out: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. make out: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Make Out: 1960's Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (make out)

verb:  (transitive) To draw up (a document etc.), to designate (a cheque) to a given recipient, payee.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To send out.
verb:  (transitive) To discern; to manage to see, hear etc.
verb:  (now chiefly US, regional, intransitive) To manage, get along; to do (well, badly etc.).
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To represent; to make (something) appear to be true.
verb:  (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To embrace and kiss passionately.
verb:  (slang, chiefly US, intransitive) To engage in heavy petting or sexual intercourse.

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