out
1.
to manage to see sb/sth or read or hear sth
SYN distinguish :
I could just make out a figure in the darkness.
[+ wh- ]
I could hear voices but I couldn't make out what they were saying.
➡ note at identify
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 inf]
She makes herself out to be smarter than she really is.