making out
Example Sentences
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Matt: Why are people making out that it's a binary choice?
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
“Unless the cat is really shedding a ton of virus, and you’re kind of making out with the cat, I think it would be hard,” she said.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025
“I want people to imagine the dog in their home, on their couch,” she says, “so I’m always rolling around on the grass, making out with all of these dogs!”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2024
Keegan later apologized for her “choice language” but said she felt frustrated because “the interviewer was making out it was all my fault.”
From Washington Times • Sep. 4, 2023
He had never been there in the dark, but he imagined it now, him standing on the shore and making out the waves only when they broke.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
