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| accost definitions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | approach and speak first to a person | 105 sets | |
| 2 | to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way | 94 sets | |
| 3 | to approach and speak to | 81 sets | |
| 4 | to confront verbally | 47 sets | |
| 5 | to approach and speak to first | 46 sets | |
| 6 | to approach and speak to someone | 33 sets | |
| 7 | (v.) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way | 29 sets | |
| 8 | buttonhole, approach, confront | 27 sets | |
| 9 | to approach and speak to someone aggressively | 26 sets | |
| 10 | to approach | 25 sets | |
| 11 | to confront boldly | 24 sets | |
| 12 | confront | 22 sets | |
| 13 | v. to speak to. | 21 sets | |
| 14 | evade, avoid, shun | 20 sets | |
| 15 | to approach or speak to aggressively | 18 sets | |
| 16 | (v.) - to approach or confront aggressively | 17 sets | |
| 17 | (v) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way | 16 sets | |
| 18 | greet, address, meet | 15 sets | |
| 19 | to approach and speak first | 13 sets | |
| 20 | approach | 12 sets | |
| 21 | to approach or confront aggressively | 12 sets | |
| 22 | v. to approach and speak to, usually aggressive | 11 sets | |
| 23 | to speak to. | 11 sets | |
| 24 | to approach and speak to in an openly aggressive or hostile manner | 10 sets | |
| 25 | to approach and speak to in an aggressive or hostile manner | 10 sets | |
| 26 | to speak to | 10 sets | |
| 27 | to confront | 9 sets | |
| 28 | (v.) to confront verbally (though antoinette was normally quite calm, when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and ___ the man. | 9 sets | |
| 29 | v. approach and speak first to a person | 8 sets | |
| 30 | to approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request | 8 sets | |
| 31 | to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or agressive way | 8 sets | |
| 32 | to speak in an aggressive way | 8 sets | |
| 33 | v. to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way | 7 sets | |
| 34 | (v.) to confront verbally (though antoinette was normally quite calm, when the waiter spilled soup on her for the fourth time in 15 minutes she stood up and accosted the man | 7 sets | |
| 35 | to approach and speak to aggressively | 7 sets | |
| 36 | to approach and speak to, usually aggressively | 7 sets | |
| 37 | to approach someone and speak candidly | 6 sets | |
| 38 | (v) to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or agressive way | 6 sets | |
| 39 | approach and speak to | 6 sets | |
| 40 | approach, confront | 6 sets | |