accost
verb (accosts, accosted, accosting)
Everyday
To go up to someone and speak to them first, often boldly or unexpectedly. tree →
In the lessons
in stories, a stranger who comes up to a traveller on the road and speaks to them
Examples
- A stranger accosted me at the gate. tree →
- The two men came forward and politely accosted them. tree →
- Do not accost people you do not know. tree →
Note
nothing for maths
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «accost» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «accost» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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