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Discover LudwigThe phrase "accosted him" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation where someone approaches another person boldly or aggressively, often to confront or speak to them.
Example: "As he walked down the street, a stranger suddenly accosted him, demanding to know where he had been."
Alternatives: "confronted him" or "approached him aggressively."
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The three men accosted him.
I accosted him close to the cart rack.
A Japanese tourist accosted him and burst into tears.
She did fantastically, the handler told me when I accosted him in the next room.
The day before his leg was broken in the soccer game, two men accosted him.
Later that evening, as Das was returning home, two men accosted him and doused him with acid.
In an exchange recounted in Professor Oshinsky's book, Sabin, who was present, accosted him, saying: "Why did you do it?
Weeping from anger and frustration, the woman, Mable Mutamba, had just accosted him on a walkway outside the clinic.
Dr. Gotlieb accosted him in 1964, when he was just back from Saigon.
When Rosenzweig accosted him, badge in hand, the guy made a run for it.
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