charm the pants off sb
slangDefinition
› to make someone like you very much, especially when they meet you for the first time: "How did your sister's boyfriend get on with your mum?" "Oh, he charmed the pants off her."Attracting and temptingAttractiveSexual attraction
(Definition of charm the pants off sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- affinity noun
- allure noun
- arrest verb (MAKE NOTICE)
- attract verb
- attraction noun
- charisma noun
- charm noun (ATTRACTION)
- charm offensive noun
- come-on noun
- counterattraction noun
- crowd-puller noun
- glitter noun (EXCITEMENT)
- lure verb
- magnet noun (ATTRACTION)
- magnetism noun (ATTRACTIVE QUALITY)
- modesty noun (CLOTHES/BEHAVIOUR)
- pull noun (ATTRACTION)
- pull verb (ATTRACT)
- pulling power noun
- tickle sb's fancy idiom
Topic:
Attracting and tempting
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