make a move on

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to try to start a sexual relationship with sb

   "If only I had made a move on that woman."

In the movies · 1

• "If only I had made a move on that woman."Whatever Works2009
• We'll make a move on turn three.Herbie: Fully Loaded2005
• Option one, make a move on her.What If2013
• Make a move.X-Men: The Last Stand2006
• Make your moves.Ambulance2022
• Make it move.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone2001
• Make a move, porky!Toy Story 32010
• Let's make a move.Superbad2007

Learn it in full scenes

• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In

From the same entry

• get moving
• get moving
• move heaven and earth
• move with the times
• get your ass in gear
• going forward
• move along
• move in
• move in
• move in
• move in with
• move off

More idioms

• make blood boil
• nine times out of ten
• not in the slightest
• not know the first thing about
• not take kindly to
• one thing leads to another
• poke your nose into
• push to the back of your mind
• shut the door in face
• take a back seat
• the icing on the cake
• the lesser of two evils