Decline and Make out

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Decline verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

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Make out is an antonym for decline.

Make out verb - To meet one's day-to-day needs.

Usage example: we're not rich, but we're making out all right

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Decline is an antonym for make out.

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Make out and Decline. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/decline/make_out

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