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Definition of chat-up line

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: a comment made by a man to start a conversation with a woman he is attracted to a guy with a clever chat-up line

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“Chat-up line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chat-up%20line. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.

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