accost

/əˈkɒst/ verb [T]

Translation

› If someone you do not know accosts you, they move towards you and start talking to you in an unfriendly way.

yabancı birinin yanına gidip dostça olmayan tarzda konuşmak

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(Definition of accost verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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