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Examples
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Accost a TV cameraman trying to take his picture, yelling, "don't get in my face and don't talk back to me."
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Perhaps if I asked somebody -- Accost a Belgian porter; he wants my baggage ticket.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 4, 1892 Various
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Accost the gents and tell them, from a lady, 'that they were gone to Monte Carlo.'
The Crystal Stopper Maurice Leblanc 1902
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Accost a goddess and say, 'Oh yes, you used to be a Pirate Chief and wear a butcher knife in your belt.'
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Accost the hole of another kennel, first stopping your nose, you will behold a surly, gloomy, nasty, slovenly mortal, raking in his own dung and dabbling in his urine.
A Tale of a Tub Jonathan Swift 1706
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I usually include you in the list of Poor Bastards I Accost with Links to My Latest Nonsense, and am always pleasantly taken aback that you opt to share said links at your blog.
Scott's Blog of Doom 2009
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This is a verb (degree - Accost - Accosted - Accosted - Accosting) that means - To approach or speak to.
LearnHub Activities 2008
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I sat down before the curtain and was about to offer my salam when I bethought me of his words (whom Allah save and assain!), ‘Accost not a Jew nor a
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Bess Levin, Mar 23, 2009, 5: 21pm Donnie Deutsch Wants to Accost Bonus-Takers In Front of Their Kids
Dealbreaker 2009
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Bess Levin, Mar 23, 2009, 5: 21pm Donnie Deutsch Wants to Accost Bonus-Takers In Front of Their Kids
Dealbreaker 2009
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