Where does "to make out" come from?
Is there any logical explanation for how the phrase making out came together?
I know that it has sexual implications (at least kissing, with the intent go further), I just can't imagine its ancestry.
Solution 1:
Make out has been used with a sexual meaning since 1939.
The third edition of the NOAD reports the meaning of make out is, informally, "engage in sexual activity", "make progress", and "fare".