hit on (someone):

1. To woo ; to flirt .

2. To proposition ; to attempt to seduce; to make sexual advances on someone.
SYNONYMS: make-a-pass-at (someone); put the moves on (someone).

Quote: Ronald (Groucho Marx) and Beatrice (Lisette Verea) in A Night in Casablanca (1946):
-- Ronald Kornblow: ' You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen .'
-- Beatrice Reiner: ' Am I really? '
-- Ronald Kornblow: ' No, but I don't mind lying if it's going to get me somewhere .'

3. Or: hitting on , to criticize another.

See Also: hit

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