“Chat up”: phrasal verb meaning.
- Chat up
- Start talking with someone because you like this person and you would like him/her to become your boyfriend/girlfriend. The conversation is not about anything important because the goal of it is to show the other person that you like him/her and probably you want to be his/her boyfriend/girlfriend.
Other examples of “chat up” phrasal verb in a sentence
- He always chats up girls in the clubs.
- She was chatting him up all evening.
- I hate it when strangers chat me up.
“Chat up”: use in context explanation
The girls at at the disco having fun. Suddenly, a guy approaches Jane and tries to chat her up. He clearly likes her a lot but the girl doesn’t look interested. The girls know their friend wants to get out of this embarrassing situation and they have to help her.