make out something

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

make out sth phrasal verb informal [ made out sth made out sth made out sth makes out sth making out sth ]
to state, usually falsely, that something is true
• reflexive + 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⁺: ↑Assertions and asserting
Main entry: make_{phrasal verb}