I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
idea
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Every now and then I thought of Stone's instructions-flirted with the idea , and then dismissed it.
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But Full Monty at least flirts with the idea that women like to look.
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She flirts with the idea of going to cooking school.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It embarrasses me when you flirt with other women in front of me.
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No one had flirted with me in years, and I didn't really know how to respond.
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She was flirting and trying to get the waiter's attention.
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We flirted a little but that was as far as it went.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After all, she was all right to flirt with at parties and escort him occasionally.
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He was awarded a law degree at the Sorbonne, where he flirted with the extreme right.
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It feeds your ego to flirt with me, doesn't it?
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She flirts with me too, effortlessly.
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She is flirting with my husband.
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There is also the consideration that she seems to be flirting with the possibility of committing herself to re-entering mainstream education locally.
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This is usually the least effective way of flirting with me.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For Farini was not only a good businessman, he was also an unregenerate flirt .
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The same year that he was dubbed biggest flirt , Debbie Kauffman was voted her year's best looking girl.
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There is no time to squander your charms on men who are professional flirts.
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They serve, in short, as narcotics, and the organization that indulges in them flirts with long-term addiction.