How to Use chat up in a Sentence

chat up

phrasal verb
Definition of chat upnext
  • The stations should be able to capture the codas of whales chatting up to twelve miles from shore.
    — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Sometimes just chatting up people in the same sport can yield a find.
    — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 25 July 2023
  • The show must go on, but Badu didn't let the concert stop her from chatting up Boyega.
    — USA TODAY, 30 July 2023
  • Naturally, a woman chatted up the group in front of Ryan and cut in line.
    — Boris Kachka, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Greg wanders over to the bar where Matsson is chatting up his partner in Swedish.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 29 May 2023
  • Yet a middle-class version of Old Pat could chat up a group of old folks and become instant friends.
    — Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Despite her new look, learning to chat up prospective suitors isn’t a skill Pen can purchase from the modiste.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 16 May 2024
  • McGill helped one third grader ride his bike around the playground while holding the back of the seat, while Bahati chatted up parents.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Anyone looking for restaurant space should chat up Kevin Tien.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
  • When he’s told to chat up a potential buyer for his yarn sculpture, the man mistakes Aren for a waiter.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The next day, Rebecca decides to visit Seven Oaks to chat up some of the residents.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Everyone was so sweet and thoughtful to our boys, chatting up Miles about his day and latest drawing and playing peek-a-boo with Leo.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2024
  • But the New Hampshire resident would rather mentor younger coworkers and chat up clients than measure putts on a green.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Hawke went to the game with his son Levon, who was initially seated between his father and the singer, though Hawke later switched seats to chat up Rihanna.
    — USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2021
  • Mason first saw that picture on TV while getting Sunday brunch and chatting up some fellow soccer fans.
    — Bob Smietana, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Next, trying to chat up Chicago manager Herman Franks around the batting cage, all the scribe gets from genial Herm is surly grunts and tobacco splatters on his sneaks.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 May 2023
  • The teen frontman can be seen chatting up the audience before breaking into song, backed up by a couple of band members on keyboard and guitar.
    — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 14 Aug. 2023
  • That Gray would one day chat up the commissioner before throwing a scoreless inning in the All-Star Game was not something anybody expected.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
  • While Chang chats up chefs in the kitchen, Teigen and Booster engage in unfiltered conversations with a rotating roster of celebrity guests at the table.
    — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Several men sit on worn chairs outside the mission, passing a joint and chatting up passersby when Truelove arrives a few minutes before noon.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
  • Consider chatting up a prospective travel companion to find out what your options are.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Willie Gutierrez, who has a tent on 51st, was initially interested, chatting up the outreach workers who set up folding chairs on a nearby overpass.
    — David Zahniser, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
  • Handler liked to periodically chat up people in the factories and ask for ideas and Mitchell asked Handler to consider creating Black version of the doll.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 June 2024
  • Fong, 29, took periodic hits from her vape while chatting up reporters, doling out her number and self-deprecating one-liners for stories.
    — Tracy Wang, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The lawsuit was filed in federal court on Wednesday, the day Biden stopped at a Sheetz market on a western Pennsylvania campaign swing, buying snacks, posing for photos and chatting up patrons and employees.
    — Michael Rubinkam, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Boy George, in a bejeweled oversized hat, chatted up women in evening gowns while Alessandra Ambrosio admired a poodle mix puppy that came as a European gentleman’s plus-one.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 May 2023
  • Along the Fremont Street pedestrian mall, under signs that advertised a steak and lobster dinner for $13.99, pairs of flamingo girls lingered in their flamboyant headdresses and lingerie, chatting up guys to have their picture taken with them.
    — Billy Witz Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Photos captured the Boyhood Oscar nominee animatedly chatting up the music superstar, 35.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023

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