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come-on Definition

☆ come·-on (kum′än′)

noun

  1. an inviting look or gesture
  2. something offered as an inducement
  3. a swindler, esp. a shill

come on Synonyms

come on

v.

  1. To meet

    encounter, find, come across, come upon; see discover, find 1, meet 6.

  2. To progress

    proceed, develop, increase, gain; see advance 1, improve 2.

  3. To appear

    enter, begin, be broadcast, make an entrance; see appear 1, 3, begin 2, enter 1.

come-on Usage Examples

Converse of object

give: If a chick is only going to give the come-on to a guy who's going places either give up or get going!

Preposition: for

audience: Not a come-on for the target audience, no siree.

Adjective modifier

salacious: I know traipsing through the gardens of his mind and his salacious come-ons in " Triad " always gives me the heebie-jeebies.

Modifies a noun

line: Home all day, " was the come-on line for a 72-year-old wheelchair-bound woman.