"put the moves on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put the moves on.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts the moves on [present, singular, third-person], putting the moves on [participle, present], put the moves on [participle, past], put the moves on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the moves on}} put the moves on (third-person singular simple present puts the moves on, present participle putting the moves on, simple past and past participle put the moves on)
  1. (idiomatic) To make an effort to gain someone's romantic or sexual interest; to try to woo or seduce. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: make love, romance, woo, put the make on Synonyms (to gain someone's romantic interest): court
    Sense id: en-put_the_moves_on-en-verb-~3Mgk-mP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for put the moves on meaning in English (1.8kB)

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