Could you help to explain what’s the maning of "chat up " on the sentence below :
"You have to create opportunities where you can subtly talk to someone without it feeling like you’re chatting them up! "
To engage (someone) in light, casual talk: “He would be… chatting up folks from Kansas” (Vanity Fair).
And here is OneLook:
Quick definitions (chat up)
verb: talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
verb: talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions (Example: “The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries”)
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Common enough throughout the US & Canada, I think-- though it may not be the argot of the newest generation. Why not ask some of your acquaintances if they are familiar with the term?