make advances at (someone)

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make advances at (someone)

To approach someone in a flirtatious, amorous, or sexual manner; to try or begin to seduce someone. Terry was fired after he began making advances at his secretary. I really wish I could go out to a bar or a club without a half dozen men making advances at me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Susumu	soo-soo-moo	Japanese
Olav	-	Norwegian, Danish
Adrian	AY-dree-ən (English), AHD-ryahn (Polish), AH-dree-ahn (German), ah-dree-AHN (Russian)	English, Romanian, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian
KristiĀNa	-	Latvian
Yisra'el	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Apolinary	ah-paw-lee-NAH-ri	Polish