cold approach

cold approach (plural cold approaches)

1. (seduction community) The act of approaching a stranger (usually female) and asking them on a date.

   Since I became a pick-up artist, I've performed over two hundred cold approaches.

2. (sales) The act of approaching a stranger in an attempt to sell them a product or service.

cold approach (third-person singular simple present cold approaches, present participle cold approaching, simple past and past participle cold approached)

1. To approach a stranger in this way.

   I hate when multi-level marketing salesmen cold approach me in coffee shops.