make out that

make out that (something is the case)

To act or speak in a manner that purports a falsehood or deception. At the tail end of the presentation, Sarah started making out that it was my team that caused the huge delay. After the disruption, everyone in class made out that nothing had happened.

make out that...

to pretend that [something is so]. He made out that he hadn't seen me. We all made out that we hadn't heard the sound.

See also: make, out, that

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See also:

make out like (something is the case)
make out that (something is the case)
play it straight
lie about
go chase your tail
freeze (one's) tail off
freeze tail off
lie to (one)
best-kept secret
the jig is up

References in classic literature

I could just make out that he had a book as well as a knife in his hand, and was still wondering how anything so incongruous had come in their possession when the kneeling figure rose once more to his feet and the whole party began to move together towards the house.

Treasure Island

词组	make out that
释义	make out that make out that (something is the case) To act or speak in a manner that purports a falsehood or deception. At the tail end of the presentation, Sarah started making out that it was my team that caused the huge delay. After the disruption, everyone in class made out that nothing had happened. See also: make, out, that Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. make out that... to pretend that [something is so]. He made out that he hadn't seen me. We all made out that we hadn't heard the sound. See also: make, out, that McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. See also: make out like (something is the case) make out that (something is the case) play it straight lie about go chase your tail freeze (one's) tail off freeze tail off lie to (one) best-kept secret the jig is up References in classic literature I could just make out that he had a book as well as a knife in his hand, and was still wondering how anything so incongruous had come in their possession when the kneeling figure rose once more to his feet and the whole party began to move together towards the house. Treasure Island
随便看	not much going on upstairs not much in it not much of anything not much to boast about not much to choose from not much to look at not much to speak of not much upstairs not my circus, not my monkeys not my dog not nearly not necessarily not/never darken somebody's door again not/never have a good word to say for/about somebody/something not/never in a hundred, etc. years not/never put/set a foot wrong not/never set the world on fire not on not on any account not one/a jot not one bit not one iota not one little bit not one red cent not (one's) brother's keeper