make advances

Frequency: 6.58.5 per million words

To make sexual or romantic approaches towards someone.

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Examples (10)

  • He was fired for making unwanted advances towards a colleague.
  • Are you sure he was making advances, or was he just being friendly?
  • I think that guy at the bar is making advances towards you.
  • The lawsuit alleges that the manager repeatedly made inappropriate sexual advances.
  • I had to clearly tell him to stop making advances because I wasn't interested.
  • In the novel, the charming villain makes advances towards the innocent heroine.
  • If he makes any more advances, you should report him to HR immediately.
  • She felt uncomfortable because he had made advances to her at the previous company party.
  • It was awkward when he started making clumsy advances after only knowing me for an hour.
  • Making advances in the workplace is a violation of company policy.