make out an outline

Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words

To manage to see or identify an outline, often with difficulty.

outlineVERB + outline (sense: shape)

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make out

Examples (10)

  • I could barely make out the outline of the distant ship through the binoculars.
  • In the dense fog, it was hard to make out an outline of the approaching car.
  • She struggled to make out the outline of the animal hiding in the bushes.
  • He will try to make out an outline of the ancient ruins from this aerial photograph.
  • Despite the low light, we managed to make out the outlines of the figures in the painting.
  • Can you make out the outline of the mountain range on the horizon?
  • The artist began to make out an outline for her next sculpture on the clay.
  • Through the dust, they could just make out the vague outline of the abandoned building.
  • By carefully analyzing the data, scientists hoped to make out an outline of the new phenomenon.
  • If you concentrate, you might just make out the faint outline of the constellation.