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make a pass at:
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 .'




See Also: passatiempo, whoof, transsexuality, transsexualism, wet kissing, White Russian, put a move on someone, put the moves on someone, put the make on someone, suck face, Abraham's bosom, come clean, exchanging loads, Khyber pass,

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