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come-on noun

• a gesture or remark that is intended to attract someone sexually.
• "she was giving me the come-on"

come on

• (of a state or condition) start to arrive or happen.
• "she felt a mild case of the sniffles coming on"
• make progress; develop.
• "she asked them how their garden was coming on"
Similar: progress, make progress, develop, shape up, make headway, come along, turn out, take shape, improve, show improvement,
• meet or find someone or something by chance.
• "I came on a station that was playing upbeat songs"
• said when encouraging someone to do something or to hurry up or when one feels that someone is wrong or foolish.
• "Come on! We must hurry!"


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