Do teenagers still make out in the back seats of cars? - English example sentence

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FeuDRenais October 10, 2010 October 10, 2010 at 11:03:32 PM UTC

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No, I think they've moved to the front seat now.

frpzzd 28 days ago September 19, 2025 at 10:45:16 PM UTC

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I've only ever heard "make out" refer to intense kissing and touching (usually without having sex, i.e. "snogging" in British English, or "rummachen" as in the German translation), but several directly and indirectly linked sentences translate it as "have sex".

To any other confused English speakers who see this sentence, *apparently* "make out" can mean "have sex":

https://dictionary.cambridge.or...glish/make-out

Here's a forum discussion on the topic as well:

https://forum.wordreference.com...-trap.4046176/

Perhaps the use of "make out" to mean "have sex" was once more common than it is now? I'm curious if other English speakers here have ever heard it used that way.