Chat up American in drag at work (3,2)
I believe the answer is:
hit on
'chat up' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'american in drag at work' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'at' could be 'on' (location) and 'on' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'hit' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hit on that I've seen before include "try a pass?" , "Serendipitously find" , "Discover; single out" , "Discover, think of" , "Discover (something) by chance" .)