make out

🇺🇸 /meɪk aʊt/ 🇬🇧 /meɪk aʊt/
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phrase verb
B2

to see, hear, or understand something or someone, but with some difficulty

It was hard to make out what she was saying over the noise.

translation

phrv. to see, hear, or understand something or someone, but with some difficulty

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