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Discover LudwigThe phrase "hit on him" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to flirt with or make advances towards someone, often in a romantic or sexual manner. Example: "Samantha couldn't help but notice how handsome her co-worker, Jack, looked in his suit. She decided to hit on him at the office Christmas party."
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After-hours he will sometimes visit a customer to follow up or measure a space; he proudly told his wife that one customer had hit on him.
My one friend says that girls hit on him at the bar mostly because they think he's Irish.
I couldn't hit on him at his father's wake".
Almost immediately, on his "golden ticket" day, a guy on the subway hit on him, and more followed.
"Mike didn't know Downey was going to hit on him," Mr. Toback said.
"Since John became Speaker, the number of women who hit on him has gone up dramatically," she said.
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"It is not about hitting on him.
He wondered aloud if Mr. Ford was hitting on him.
On Cape Cod, Noël Coward hits on him in the presence of President and Mrs. Kennedy.
"He was hitting on him with his hands and a bat," the girl said.
Of course, a man's initial thought is that I'm hitting on him.
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