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English verb: chat up | |||
| 1. | chat up (communication) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | ||
| Samples | The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries. My husband never flirts with other women. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot chat up Sue | ||
| Synonyms | butterfly, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | speak, talk | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | vamp, wanton | ||
| 2. | chat up (communication) talk to someone with the aim of persuading him | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | persuade | ||
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