Real Dictionary

make out
phrasal verb: If two people are making out, they are engaged in sexual activity.
phrasal verb: If you ask how someone is making out, you are asking how well they are doing with a particular task, or in their life in general.
phrasal verb: If you make out a case for something, you try to establish or prove that it is the best thing to do.
phrasal verb: If you make out that something is the case or make something out to be the case, you try to cause people to believe that it is the case.
phrasal verb: If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it.
phrasal verb: If you try to make something out, you try to understand it or decide whether or not it is true.
phrasal verb: When you make out a cheque, receipt, or order form, you write all the necessary information on it.

make out in American English
to see or hear with some difficulty but clearly enough to understand
to write out or complete, as a bill or check

make out in British English
to discern or perceive