Synonyms for made out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : meyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : meɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for made out Other synonyms for the word made out
Définition of made out
Origin :- Old English macian "to make, form, construct, do; prepare, arrange, cause; behave, fare, transform," from West Germanic *makon "to fashion, fit" (cf. Old Saxon makon, Old Frisian makia "to build, make," Middle Dutch and Dutch maken, Old High German mahhon "to construct, make," German machen "to make"), from PIE *mag- "to knead, mix; to fashion, fit" (see macerate). If so, sense evolution perhaps is via prehistoric houses built of mud. Gradually replaced the main Old English word, gewyrcan (see work (v.)).
- Meaning "to arrive at" (a place), first attested 1620s, originally was nautical. Formerly used in many places where specific verbs now are used, e.g. to make Latin (c.1500) "to write Latin compositions." This broader usage survives in some phrases, e.g. to make water "to urinate," to make a book "arrange a series of bets" (1828), make hay "to turn over mown grass to expose it to sun." Make the grade is 1912, perhaps from the notion of railway engines going up an incline.
- Read the valuable suggestions in Dr. C.V. Mosby's book -- be prepared to surmount obstacles before you encounter them -- equipped with the power to "make the grade" in life's climb. [advertisement for "Making the Grade," December 1916]
- But the phrase also was in use in a schoolwork context at the time. Make do "manage with what is available" is attested from 1867. Make time "go fast" is 1849; make tracks in this sense is from 1834. To make a federal case out of (something) popularized in 1959 movie "Anatomy of a Murder;" to make an offer (one) can't refuse is from Mario Puzo's 1969 novel "The Godfather." To make (one's) day is from 1909; menacing make my day is from 1971, popularized by Clint Eastwood in film "Sudden Impact" (1983). Related: Made; making.
- verb see, recognize
- verb understand
- verb get by, succeed
- The necessary papers were made out and given to the Marshal.
- Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
- Indents had to be made out for transport, rations and ammunition.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- We had to learn Dutch as well as we could, and made out tolerably well.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- A warrant was made out, and he was forthwith sent to the jail.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- I made out the receipt, and gave him an order to take the group from my studio in Paris.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- There's many such a fortune been made out of Mechlin and Cognac.'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- And little by little, through it all, I made out a low, eager murmur.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- And on each platform could be made out the figure of a Venusian guard.
- Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore
- They're mostly dim and smoky, or like they're made out of fog, but this one wasn't.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer, Detective » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- I made out a window two yards my side of it and nearly on the same level.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
Antonyms for made out
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