come on
phrasal verbcome on
- used in orders to tell somebody to hurry or to try harder
- Come on! We don't have much time.
- Come on! Try once more.
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- (of an actor) to walk onto the stage
- (of a player) to join a team during a game
- Wilson came on for Kane ten minutes before the end of the game.
- (informal) to improve or develop in the way you want
- The project is coming on fine.
- used to show that you know what somebody has said is not correct
- Oh, come on—you know that isn't true!
- (usually used in the progressive tenses) (of an illness or a mood) to begin
- I can feel a cold coming on.
- I think there's rain coming on.
- come on to do something It came on to rain.
- (of a TV programme, etc.) to start
- What time does the news come on?
- to begin to operate
- Set the oven to come on at six.
- When does the heating come on?
come on/upon somebody/something
- [no passive] (formal) to meet or find somebody/something by chance