accost
verb (used with object)
to confront boldly.
is accosting
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present progressiveof accost (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Speaking of Boyd … while he is accosting well-to-do strangers in Clover Hill, Raylan is at least doing some detective work.
From Slate ● Feb. 13, 2013
Jackson has just ridden up, and is accosting Lee.
From Life on the Mississippi, Part 9. by Mark Twain
If there is one thing I dislike," I said, "it is accosting total strangers and badgering them for information they don't possess—not that that will prevent them from giving it.
From Scally The Story of a Perfect Gentleman by Ian Hay
