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"etymology_text": "From make (“love interest, spouse, mate”).",
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"text": "1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nI met a lesbian friend of Liz's, Dawn, who promptly put the make on me & I figured it's about time I tried it."
},
{
"text": "1978, \"High Steppin' to stardom (Film review of Saturday Night Fever),\" Time, 3 Apr.,\nHis girl—the one he has been trying unsuccessfully to put the make on—hears the longing and the edge of desperation in his voice and kisses him on the cheek."
}
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"To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner."
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],
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"(informal, transitive) To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner."
],
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"word": "on the make"
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"word": "flirt with"
},
{
"word": "hit on"
},
{
"english": "someone",
"word": "hustle"
},
{
"word": "put the moves on"
}
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "verleiden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "avances maken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "iskeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "draguer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "faire des avances"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "insinuarse"
}
]
}
],
"word": "put the make on"
}
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"text": "1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure\nI met a lesbian friend of Liz's, Dawn, who promptly put the make on me & I figured it's about time I tried it."
},
{
"text": "1978, \"High Steppin' to stardom (Film review of Saturday Night Fever),\" Time, 3 Apr.,\nHis girl—the one he has been trying unsuccessfully to put the make on—hears the longing and the edge of desperation in his voice and kisses him on the cheek."
}
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],
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"(informal, transitive) To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner."
],
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"informal",
"transitive"
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"word": "flirt with"
},
{
"word": "hit on"
},
{
"english": "someone",
"word": "hustle"
},
{
"word": "put the moves on"
}
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "verleiden"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "avances maken"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "iskeä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "draguer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "faire des avances"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pursue with romantic interest",
"word": "insinuarse"
}
],
"word": "put the make on"
}
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