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单词 make out sth
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make out sth

informal
phrasal verb with make uk/meɪk/us/meɪk/verb made, made

to say, usually falsely, that something is true:

[ + to infinitive ] He made himself out to be a millionaire.
[ + to be ] The British weather is not always as bad as it is made out to be.
[ + (that) ] He made out (that) he had been living in Paris all year.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Assertions & asserting

  • airing
  • assert
  • assertion
  • attestation
  • aver
  • claim
  • emphatic
  • foot
  • lay
  • lay sth on the line idiom
  • maintain
  • misstate
  • pled
  • reaffirm
  • set
  • story
  • take
  • take it from me idiom
  • take sth from sb
  • that's my story and I'm sticking to it idiom

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