chat up
To talk to in a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or…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.
» Did any cute girl try to chat you up at the bar?
Meaning
1 senses(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.
Have you been chatting up my girlfriend?
He spent all evening chatting her up.
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- talk to someone with the aim of persuading them
- talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
Examples
2 sentencesDid any cute girl try to chat you up at the bar?
The erstwhile lovers chatted and caught up.
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Forms
chats up, chatting up, chatted up, chatted up| Base form | chat up · to chat up |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | chats up |
| Present participle | chatting up |
| Past simple | chatted up |
| Past participle | chatted up |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbs- chat upTo 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.
- chat awayTo keep talking in a friendly and informal way to each other.
Synonyms
8 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb