hit on

See also: hiton

English

hit on (third-person singular simple present hits on, present participle hitting on, simple past and past participle hit on)

(transitive, slang) To flirt with; to approach and speak to (someone), seeking romance, love, sex, etc.
That's the third guy that has hit on her tonight.

Guys are hitting on them almost all the time.
(transitive, idiomatic) To discover, pinpoint; to think up; to realize.
He hit on a great idea for improving the design.

to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.

Azerbaijani: tutmaq (az)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 挑逗 (zh) (tiǎodòu), 調情／调情 (zh) (tiáoqíng), 调情 (zh) (tiáoqíng)
Danish: lægge an på
Finnish: iskeä (fi)
French: draguer (fr)
German: anmachen (de), anbaggern (de)
Greek: την πέφτω σε (tin péfto se)
Indonesian: mengorat
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Japanese: 言い寄る (いいよる, iiyoru), 口説く (くどく, kudoku), ナンパする (nanpa-suru), いちゃつく (ichatsuku), 戯れる (たわむれる, tawamureru)
Malay: memikat, pikat
Norwegian: sjekke (no)
Polish: podrywać (pl) impf
Portuguese: dar em cima de (Brazilian slang)
Russian: (neutral) уха́живать (ru) (uxáživatʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case), (coll.) приударя́ть (ru) (priudarjátʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case), (coll.) увива́ться (ru) (uvivátʹsja) (за (za) + instrumental case), (coll.) ухлёстывать (ru) (uxljóstyvatʹ) (за (za) + instrumental case), (coll.) кле́иться (ru) (kléitʹsja) (к (k) + dative case), (slang, of a first approach) подка́тывать (ru) (podkátyvatʹ) (к (k) + dative case), (slang) подбива́ть кли́нья (podbivátʹ klínʹja) (к (k) + dative case), пристава́ть (ru) impf (pristavátʹ) (к (k) + dative case), заи́грывать (ru) (zaígryvatʹ), флиртова́ть (ru) (flirtovátʹ) (с (s) + instrumental case)
Swedish: stöta på (sv), ragga (sv)
Turkish: asılmak (tr)

to think up; to realize; to invent