In addition to being an intrusion, that had seemed like a come-on line at the time, too, and maybe it was.

The structure of the comedy consists of a series of romantic come-on lines, featuring cliched enticements such as cognac, chocolates, and massages, followed by a blunt sexual reference.

He takes the grief-stricken Martin under his wing, fixes him up with a new wardrobe and allows him the use of a few of his finest come-on lines.

He tried his nicest smile, and prepared to whisper his suavest come-on line.

There was no come-on line above the title, not even a discreet one like 'A story you will never forget.'

Nola remembers a parade of men offering ludicrous come-on lines, like "You so fine, baby, I'd drink a tub of your bathwater."

That's the neatest come-on line I've heard yet!

"Are all of you trained with the same come-on line?"

While Mr. Merrill insisted that he was undecided, he has spent enough time with the prospective Republican nominees to analyze their come-on lines.

As a come-on line it lacked something.