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make a pass at
Definition
To make sexual advances; to proposition; to show sexual interest; to put a move (the moves) on someone. Used by, and of, either men or women.SYNONYMS: hit on (someone); put the moves on (someone).
QUOTES:
(1) Dorothy Parker: ' Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.'
(2) Ronald (Groucho Marx) and Beatrice (Lisette Verea) in A Night in Casablanca (1946):
-- Ronald Kornblow: ' You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen.'
-- Beatrice Reiner: ' Am I really? '
-- Ronald Kornblow: ' No, but I don't mind lying if it's going to get me somewhere.'
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