chat up
to talk flirtatiously to (a person), esp with the intention of seducing him or her
to talk persuasively to (a person), esp with an ulterior motive
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How to use chat up in a sentence
Before long, however, he began to feel out of place and went back downstairs for a while to chat up the cook.
Fey and Poehler joked during the January telecast about seeing Swift chat up Michael J. Fox's son, Sam.
Taylor Swift Has Fighting Words for Amy Poehler and Tina Fey | Melissa Leon | March 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe may drift into the Sargasso Sea of daytime television, where she can chat up B-list celebrities.
On these forays, according to these sources, he liked to chat up pretty single women, a glass of white wine in hand.
On these forays, according to these sources, he liked to chat up pretty single women, a glass of white wine in hand.
Other Idioms and Phrases with chat up
Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]
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