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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Drunken pass

Hi, can you explain the verb "to make a drunken pass" as seen in this sentence?



Humphry, makes a drunken pass at his own daughter on the ground that, biologically speaking, she’s not strictly his.
  

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Drunken simply means in a state of intoxication. A pass is an attempt to get someone to respond to you, in the interest of a future romantic or sexual experience. It's usually just saying something to someone, perhaps at a bar.

  • Drunken simply means in a state of intoxication.
  • A pass is an attempt to get someone to respond to you, in the interest of a future romantic or sexual experience.
  • It's usually just saying something to someone, perhaps at a bar.
  • "Hey there.
  • " is enough to be considered making a pass at someone.
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Drunken simply means in a state of intoxication.

A pass is an attempt to get someone to respond to you, in the interest of a future romantic or sexual experience. It's usually just saying something to someone, perhaps at a bar. "Hey there. Can I buy you a drink?" is enough to be considered making a pass at someone.

This is obviously quite distasteful: He was drunk and tried to

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