flirted
past simple and past participle offlirt
flirt
verb[I]
uk/flɜːt/us/flɝːt/tobehaveas ifsexuallyattractedto someone,althoughnotseriously:
Christina was flirtingwithjust about every man in theroom.
Phrasal verb
flirt withsomething
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
I and my party have neverflirtedwith those doctrines.
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Iflirtedwith the idea of speaking, if the opportunity occurred, on other subjects.
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Nevertheless, heflirtedwith franchising at that time.
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Some over here in this countryflirtedwith the idea, some others were greatly attracted to it.
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The committee pointed out the manifest weaknesses in export restitutions and intervention buying andflirtedwith pegs and bonds.
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I think that it is fair to say that in the past some of them haveflirtedwith the idea of the direction of industry.
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I was interested to note that at paragraph 73 the committeeflirtedonce again with a variant of the bond system.
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It is fair to say that others haveflirtedwith other possible solutions.
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It hasflirtedwith the motor car.
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He hasflirtedwith that theme.
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Those who haveflirtedwith that have rightly paid a heavy price, and few people in this country choose politics as a means of enriching themselves.
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I myself have occasionallyflirtedwith the idea of a revenue duty in these hard times, as an alternative to reducing wages and the standard of living.
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Stylistically, the songs took elements from progressive rock, glam rock (the band hadflirtedwith make-up in the early days) and hard guitar rock.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heflirtedwith a.400 batting average for much of the first half of the season.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Heflirtedregularly and seemed to be constantly in a hyperactive state.
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- inordinate
- inordinate amount
- inordinately
- inordinate time
- inorganic
- inorganic chemical
- inorganic chemistry
- inorganic-chemistry
- inorganic components
- inorganic compound
- inorganic-compound
- inorganic fertilizer
- inorganic growth
- inorganic-growth
- inorganic material
- inorganic nitrogen
- inorganic phosphate
- inorganic substance
- inositol
- in other words
- in-other-words
- inotropic
- in-out-of-contention-for
- in/out of contention for something
- in-out-of-keeping-with