COME ON | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of come on in English

come on

phrasal verb with come verb uk /kʌm/ us /kʌm/ came | come

(START)

Add to word list Add to word list C1 to start to happen or work: The heating comes on at six in the morning. If you have an illness coming on, it is starting gradually: I think I've got a cold coming on. UK informal If someone comes on, their period (= the process of blood coming from the womb that happens every month) starts.

• What time does the heating come on?
• I've set the oven to come on at ten.
• All the lights came on.
• The streetlights come on automatically at dusk.

Starting and beginning

• be in the first flush of idiom
• be/get in on the ground floor idiom
• become
• begin
• branch out phrasal verb
• develop
• ground level
• grow
• half-cock
• here
• here goes! idiom
• hit the ground running idiom
• motion
• sail in phrasal verb
• start (something) off phrasal verb
• start on something phrasal verb
• start out phrasal verb
• start/set/get the ball rolling idiom
• starting
• wheel

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Obstetrics: processes & stages connected with sexual reproduction

(ENCOURAGEMENT)

B1 said to encourage someone to do something, especially to hurry or try harder, or to tell you something: Come on - we're going to be late if you don't hurry! Come on, Helen, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone. Expressions telling people to hurry up

• already
• c'mon
• come
• come along phrasal verb
• gee
• gee someone up phrasal verb
• jump
• jump to it idiom
• look
• look lively/sharp! idiom
• make
• make it quick/fast idiom
• make it snappy idiom
• move it! idiom
• quick
• skate
• snap
• time is of the essence idiom
• weave
• wriggle

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(SEXUAL INTEREST)

informal to make your sexual interest known to someone: come on to Then his wife left the room and he started coming on to me.come on strong She was coming on strong and, naturally, I responded.

(APPEAR)

(of an actor) to walk onto the stage: There was great applause when the Russian ballerina came on. Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing

• act out phrasal verb
• am-dram
• amateur theater
• appearance
• blocking
• camp
• camp it up phrasal verb
• chew
• enact
• improvisation
• offstage
• re-enact
• recreation
• rep
• restage
• stage business
• stage fright
• understudy
• unperformable
• unperformed

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(NOT BELIEVE)

informal used to tell someone that you do not believe them or that you disagree with them, or to show that you are angry with them: Oh come on, Kylie, you made the same excuse last week! Linguistics: interjections

• aiyo
• attaboy
• attagirl
• auf Wiedersehen
• aw shucks
• doctor
• eat your heart out idiom
• figure
• guess
• marry
• mazel tov
• more
• more power to your elbow! idiom
• need
• roll
• yoink
• you know something? idiom
• you should have seen/heard something/someone idiom
• you the man! idiom
• yuk

See more results » come-onnoun [ C ]   informal uk /ˈkʌm.ɒn/ us /ˈkʌm.ɑːn/ a remark that shows someone that you are sexually interested in them: give someone the come-on UK He was giving me the come-on. something that someone who is selling a product uses to interest a customer Attracting and tempting

• affinity
• allure
• alluringly
• arrest
• attract
• charisma
• charm offensive
• charm the pants off someone idiom
• chum
• clickbait
• honey trap
• incentive
• jump out at someone phrasal verb
• lure
• modesty
• tantalizingly
• tempt
• temptation
• temptingly
• tickle someone's fancy idiom

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Buying & selling - general words (Definition of come on from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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come on

phrasal verb with come verb us /kʌm/ past tense came us/keɪm/ | past participle come (not standard c’mon)

(HURRY)

Add to word list Add to word list used for telling someone to move or act quickly or more quickly: Come on – we’re going to be late if you don’t hurry!

come on

phrasal verb with come verb us /kʌm/ past tense came us/keɪm/ | past participle come (not standard c'mon)

(LACK BELIEF)

used for telling someone you do not believe what the person is saying or you think the person is not being serious: Oh, come on. You have no evidence whatsoever.

come on

phrasal verb with come verb us /kʌm/ past tense came us/keɪm/ | past participle come

(START TO DEVELOP)

to start to develop gradually, as an illness or a mood: He felt one of his headaches coming on.

come on something

phrasal verb with come verb us /kʌm/ past tense came us/keɪm/ | past participle come

(FIND)

come upon come-onnoun [ C ]   infml us/ˈkʌmˌɔn, ˌɑn/ something that is intended to attract a customer to a product: Offering cash back on a purchase is one of the oldest come-ons in the world. (Definition of come on from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of come-on?

Translations of come on

in Chinese (Traditional) 開始, 開始發生, 開始工作… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 开始, 开始发生, 开始工作… See more in Spanish ¡venga!, encenderse, ir… See more in Portuguese vamos lá!, dar em cima de alguém, começar a funcionar… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish सुरू होणे, एखाद्याला काहीतरी करण्यास प्रोत्साहित करणे, विशेषत: घाई करणे किंवा कठोर प्रयत्न करणे किंवा आपल्याला काहीतरी सांगणे… See more 早く！, さあ！, 作動（さどう）する… See more olmaya başlamak, çalışmaya başlamak, ilerlemek… See more se mettre en route, avancer, se déclarer… See more opkomen, voortmaken, komaan… See more நடக்கத் தொடங்க அல்லது வேலை செய்ய, எதையாவது செய்ய ஒருவரை ஊக்குவிப்பதற்காக, குறிப்பாக அவசரப்படுத்த அல்லது கடினமாக முயற்சிக்க அல்லது உங்களுக்கு ஏதாவது சொல்ல வேண்டும் என்று கூற… See more काम शुरू होना, उत्साह बढ़ाना या प्रोत्साहित करना… See more શરૂ થવું, કરવું, કોઈને કંઈક કરવા માટે પ્રોત્સાહિત કરવા કહેવાય છે… See more vise sig, kom nu!, fart på!… See more träda fram [på scenen], kom nu då!, kom igen!… See more muncul, cepat, jangan merepek… See more auftreten, los!, beeil´ dich!… See more komme på, gå fremover, utvikle seg… See more آنا, ہونا, شروع ہونا… See more з'являтися, мерщій!, геть так!… See more включаться, начинаться, продвигаться… See more జరగడం లేక పని చేయడం ప్రారంభించడం, కం ఒన్, ఎవరైనా ఏదైనా చేయమని ప్రోత్సహించడానికి… See more কিছু শুরু হওয়া, কাউকে উৎসাহ দিয়ে কোনো কাজ করিয়ে নেওয়া, বিশেষত খুব শীগগির অথবা কঠিন চেষ্টা করে করা বা কিছু বলে ফেলা… See more vystoupit (o herci), spěchat, pospíšit si… See more tampil, cepat!, sudahlah!… See more ปรากฏ, รีบ, ไม่ใช่เรื่องตลก… See more bước ra sân khấu, nhanh lên, tiếp tục… See more włączać się, zaczynać się, posuwać się… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of come on

• come-on line
• give someone the come-on
• come-on line, at chat-up line
• come on/along phrasal verb
• come down on someone/something phrasal verb
• come down on someone phrasal verb
• come on strong phrase

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• come on/along phrasal verb
• come down on someone/something phrasal verb
• come down on someone phrasal verb
• come on, at come upon someone/something phrasal verb

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• come on strong phrase
• come on strong idiom
• come/follow hard/hot on the heels of something idiom
• come down on someone like a ton of bricks idiom
• come down on one side of the fence or the other idiom

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  • Phrasal verb 
    • come on (START)
    • come on (ENCOURAGEMENT)
    • come on (SEXUAL INTEREST)
    • come on (APPEAR)
    • come on (NOT BELIEVE)
  Noun
• American   
  • Phrasal verb 
    • come on (HURRY)
    • come on (LACK BELIEF)
    • come on (START TO DEVELOP)
    • come on something (FIND)
  Noun

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