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"To take action."
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"(idiomatic) To take action."
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"ref": "2000, Carola Dunn, Rattle His Bones (2011 Macmillan ed.), p. 173 (Google preview)",
"text": "“We'll give you a lift, darling,” Lady Genevieve said languidly, rising. “It's time we made a move.”"
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"ref": "2006, Roberta Kray, The Debt, paperback edition",
"text": "\"Do you want to stay for another or shall we make a move?\"\nHe looks at his watch. \"Yeah, let's go.\"",
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"ref": "2009, Dan Katz, Dave the Detective: Book #2 Identity Crisis, page 150",
"text": "“Should we make a move?” she asked over the music. “We could find a place to dance. or we could go back to our place.”",
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"To depart from a place; to set off."
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"(idiomatic, chiefly UK and India) To depart from a place; to set off."
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"ref": "2007, Anita Hamilton, “50 Best Websites 2008: Howcast”, in Time, retrieved 2014-07-13",
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"To initiate a conversation or perform an action intended to engage the willing attention of a person in whom one has a romantic or sexual interest; to approach someone of romantic or sexual appeal in hopes of escalating to a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship."
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"(idiomatic, often followed by on) To initiate a conversation or perform an action intended to engage the willing attention of a person in whom one has a romantic or sexual interest; to approach someone of romantic or sexual appeal in hopes of escalating to a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship."
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},
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "take action",
"word": "tehdä siirto"
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"word": "tehdä siirto"
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"sense": "perform an action to attract someone's attention",
"word": "꼬시다"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "chupa-reul deonjida",
"sense": "perform an action to attract someone's attention",
"word": "추파(秋波)를 던지다"
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"code": "ko",
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"roman": "jageop geolda",
"sense": "perform an action to attract someone's attention",
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