come on
[noun]
Synonyms: lure, allurement, bait, decoy, enticement, inveiglement, seducement, snare, temptation, trap, fool, butt, chump, dupe, fall guy, gull, mark, pigeon, sap, sucker, swindler, bunco steerer, cheat, confidence man, con man, double-dealer, flimflammer, gypper, rogue, trickster

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

come on phrasal verb (see also come)

1. come on! spoken
a) used to tell someone to hurry:
Come on, we’ll be late!
b) used to encourage someone to do something:
Come on, you can do it!
Come on, cheer up!
c) used to tell someone that you know that what they have just said was not true or right:
Oh come on, don’t lie!
d) used to make someone angry enough to want to fight you:
Come on, then, hit me!

2. come on in/over/up etc spoken used to tell someone to come in, over, up etc, usually in a friendly way:
Come on in – I’ve made some coffee.

3. if a light or machine comes on, it starts working:
A dog started barking and lights came on in the house.

4. if an illness comes on, you start to be ill with it:
I can feel a headache coming on.

5. if a television or radio programme comes on, it starts:
Just at that moment, the news came on.

6. if rain or snow comes on, it starts:
The rain came on just before lunchtime.

7. to come onto a stage or sports field:
He scored only two minutes after he’d come on.

8. to improve or make progress:
The children are really coming on now.
Your English is coming on really well.

9. come on somebody/something to find or discover someone or something by chance:
We came on a group of students having a picnic.

10. come on strong informal to make it very clear to someone that you think they are sexually attractive

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

ˈcome-on noun [countable usually singular] informal
something that someone does deliberately to make someone else sexually interested in them:
Rick’s the kind of guy who thinks every smile is a come-on.
give somebody the come-on (=do something to show you are sexually interested in someone) ⇒ come on to somebody/something at come on(2)

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

come on
tell the truth.
Oh, come on — you have no idea who stole your credit cards.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

come on!
please, hurry, go faster
"Come on, I only have a few minutes before I must go."

"Come on, stop doing that."

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

come on
v.
1. To begin; appear.
Rain came on toward morning.
He felt a cold coming on.
2. To grow or do well; thrive.
The wheat was coming on.
His business came on splendidly.
3. or come upon . To meet accidentally; encounter; find.
He came on an old friend that day when he visited his club.
He came upon an interesting idea in reading about the French Revolution.
Synonym: COME ACROSS, HAPPEN ON.
4. informal Let's get started; let's get going; don't delay; don't wait.
■ Used as a command.
"Come on, or we'll he late," said Joe, but Lou still waited.
5. informal Please do it!
■ Used in begging someone to do something.
Sing us just one song, Jane, come on!
Come on, Laura, you can tell me. I won't tell anybody.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

come on
n., slang An attractive offer made to a naive person under false pretenses in order to gain monetary or other advantage.
Joe uses a highly successful come-on when he sells vacant lots on Grand Bahama Island.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲