More than flirt with (3,2)

I believe the answer is:

hit on

(Other definitions for hit on that I've seen before include "Serendipitously find" , "Discover; single out" , "Discovered suddenly or, in modern slang, made advances towards" , "Discover, think of" , "try a pass?" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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