pitch woo
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Court, make love to, flatter, as in They sat on the porch swing, pitching woo, or He's an excellent salesman, adept at pitching woo. This idiom, which may be obsolescent, uses pitch in the sense of “talk.” [Slang; early 1800s]
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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.
Words nearby pitch woo
pitchpot, pitch shot, pitchstone, pitch surface, pitch wart, pitch woo, pitchy, pit dwelling, piteous, Pitesti, pitfall
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