I could just make out a figure in the distance : SEE, discern, distinguish, perceive, pick out, detect, observe, recognize; poetic/literary descry, espy.
he couldn't make out what she was saying : UNDERSTAND, comprehend, follow, grasp, fathom, work out, make sense of, interpret, decipher, make head or tail of, get, get the drift of, catch.
she made out that he was violent : ALLEGE, claim, assert, declare, maintain, affirm, suggest, imply, hint, insinuate, indicate, intimate, impute; formal aver.
he made out a receipt for $20 : WRITE OUT, fill out, fill in, complete, draw up.
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