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Idioms: chat up
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1.  Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]
2.  Engage in light, friendly talk, as in He was soon chatting up all the board members. [Mid-1900s]

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions
  Synonyms: flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash

Meaning #2: talk to someone with the aim of persuading him

 
 

 

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Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
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