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accost/əˈkɒst/
▶verb approach and address boldly or aggressively.
– origin C16 (orig. in the sense ‘lie or go alongside’): from Fr. accoster, from Ital. accostare, from L. ad- ‘to’ + costa ‘rib, side’.
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