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accost
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
accost
(verb)
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accost
/ə
ˈ
kɑːst/
verb
accosts
;
accosted
;
accosting
accost
/ə
ˈ
kɑːst/
verb
accosts
;
accosted
;
accosting
Learner's definition of ACCOST
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+ object
]
:
to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or unwanted way
He was
accosted
by three gang members on the subway.
She was so famous that people would
accost
her on the street and ask for an autograph.
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