CHAT UP meaning: Converse to attract or flirt

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Definitions from Wiktionary (chat up)

▸ verb: (transitive, idiomatic) To talk to (someone) in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.

Similar:

coquet, coquette, dally, philander, flirt, romance, mash, pal up, talk to, hit it up, more...

Opposite:

ignore, avoid, snub, shun, neglect

Types:

direct, indirect, aggressive, passive, aggressive-indirect, passive-aggressive, more...

Phrases:

chat up line, chat up lines, more...

Adjectives:

come-hither, upskirt, go, put out, stick, copulate, present, sunshine, simp, pimp, common

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