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petting
Making out is a term of American origin, dating back to at least 1949, and is used to refer to kissing, including heavy kissing of the neck, or to non-penetrative sex acts such as heavy petting. Equivalents in other dialects include the British English term getting off and the Hiberno-English term shifting.