What is "chatted up"

Usage examples of "chatted up".

I chatted up Harvey in the street and the cocky bastard invited me to tea with him at the Randolph Hotel.

Separated from Rupert, she wanted him to be able to see her as the centre of attention, being madly chatted up, but among this lot she felt about as attractive as a spayed Great Dane among a lot of Jack Russells.

The traffic was getting worse, and I was getting chatted up by people I couldn't stand.

Struck by how bizarre this all was, being chatted up by a randy assistant while God knows what was happening to Greg.

I chatted up a coffee-morning of old ladies who weren't satisfied until my parent shook their hands.

The Couple watched the very handsome boy as he chatted up a thirty-something bartender whose toned muscles were set off by the track lighting over his head.

They were given a tour of the house and the gardens, fed and chatted up.

The boss didn't care if he chatted up the customers during these slow hours, not so long as he worked while he did so and the customers kept drinking.

He'd had to roust her out of his own offices more than once, where she chatted up the clerical staff and wheedled who knows what out of them.

Hed had to roust her out of his own offices more than once, where she chatted up the clerical staff and wheedled who knows what out of them.