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flirt with

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flirt with someone
to tease or trifle with someone alluringly. Are you flirting with me? Everyone knows that married men aren't supposed to flirt with anyone.
See also: flirt

flirt with something
to consider something briefly and not seriously At one time he flirted with the idea of running for the presidency, though nothing came of it.
Etymology: based on the literal meaning of flirt (to behave in a way that makes another person think you are attracted to them)
See also: flirt


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I have heard her scolded as though she were any ordinary earthly housemaid, and I have seen the butcher's boy trying to flirt with her without a touch of reverence.
To flirt with Hetty was a very different affair from flirting with a pretty girl of his own station: that was understood to be an amusement on both sides, or, if it became serious, there was no obstacle to marriage.
Go and flirt with Berg as much as you please," she finished quickly.
 
 
 
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