come on

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ˌcome ˈon derived
1. (of an actor)to walk onto the stage
2. (of a player)to join a team during a game
•Owen came on for Brown ten minutes before the end of the game.
3. (informal)to improve or develop in the way you want
• The project is coming on fine.
4. used in orders to tell sb to hurry or to try harder
• Come on! We don't have much time.
• Come on! Try once more.
5. used to show that you know what sb has said is not correct
• Oh, come on— you know that isn't true!
6. (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.
•~ to do sth It came on to rain.
7. (of a TV programme, etc.)to start
• What time does the news come on?
8. to begin to operate
• Set the oven to come on at six.
• When does the heating come on?
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