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make a pass

Verb

Meaning

make a pass (third-person singular simple present makes a pass, present participle making a pass, simple past and past participle made a pass) [+ at (object)]

To unambiguously indicate interest in sexual activity to someone the speaker has not previously been sexually involved with.
He clumsily made a pass at the prom queen, and she responded with a scowl.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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I was nobody to make a pass to. I was very thin like a boy and I was very un-sexy. Luise Rainer

A car will make a pass, deploy the parachute and scatter the ashes," Silva said. Source: Internet

Oct 3, 2020; Clemson, South Carolina, USA; Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence (16) looks to make a pass during their game against Virginia at Memorial Stadium. Source: Internet

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