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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Ditch

Hi.

What does 'Ditch mean in:

Ditch the chat up lines

read the whole article at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/hottopics/love/flirting.shtml

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

'Ditch' = abandon (do not use).

— Mister Micawber

  • 'Ditch' = abandon (do not use).
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'Ditch' = abandon (do not use).
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But there are no lines!

And 'chat up' is only mentioned as a phrasal verb:http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chat+up
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Ditch the chat up lines.

Nevertheless, my answer to your question is the same. In addition, 'chat up' here is adjectival and the lines are the standard phrases used to chat someone up.
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soheil1'chat up' is only mentioned as a phrasal verb:
I would have used a hyphen: "chat-up lines", making it an adjective.
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Never heared of an adjecctive made out of a verb!
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soheil1Never heared of an adjecctive made out of a verb!
It happens all the time. You sit down to a sit-down dinner. You drive in to a drive-in movie (well, I used to). You iron on an iron-on patch.
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