Listen to and Make out

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Listen to verb - To take notice of and be guided by.

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Make out and listen to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make out" instead a verb "Listen to".

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

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Listen to and make out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Listen to" instead a verb "Make out".

If you try to listen to it, you'll hear something, but not enough to make out what it's saying.

Source: Literature / Sorcery!
The first time you listen to it, you'll probably only be able to make out the occasional "red hot", if you're even that lucky.

Source: Something Something Leonard Bernstein
He has to listen to them make out before Roberta brutally finishes the guy off.

Source: Harmful to Minors

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