to chase skirt
- idiom
- Offensive
:
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- In his youth, he was known to chase skirts at every party he attended.
That's, you know, my my recipe for manhood, for my lineage was you got to drink, fight and chase skirt.
- That's, you know, my my recipe for manhood, for my lineage was you got to drink, fight and chase skirt.
Examples
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He can't help it, his father chases skirts.
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Even after settling down, he sometimes joked about still wanting to chase skirts.
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Many people disapprove of men who chase skirts instead of seeking meaningful relationships.
Synonyms
194
4.0
To try to start a romantic relationship with someone
11
3.7
To try to begin a romantic relationship with someone
To try to have sex with many different people
Antonyms
To build and keep friendly, trusting connections with other people
How Sexual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Given the provided senses, the meaning is directly compositional: 'chase' (to pursue) applied to 'skirt' used as slang for a woman yields 'pursue women.' This follows a straightforward verb + object pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the slang sense, though the expression is informal/derogatory and register knowledge is required.
Etymology
Chase skirt comes from old slang where chase means to run after and skirt was a casual word for a woman. That picture of someone running after skirts is why the phrase means 'to pursue women' and is often seen as rude or old-fashioned.