Betekenis van come on In het Nederlands

• 0 to start to happen or work:

  • The heating comes on at six in the morning.

  • I think I've got a cold coming on.

• 1 said to encourage someone to do something, especially to hurry or try harder, or to tell you something:

  • Come on - we're going to be late if you don't hurry!

  • Come on, Helen, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone.

• 2 to make your sexual interest known to someone:

  • Then his wife left the room and he started coming on to me.

  • She was coming on strong and, naturally, I responded.

• 3 (of an actor) to walk onto the stage:

  • There was great applause when the Russian ballerina came on.

• 4 used to tell someone that you do not believe them or that you disagree with them, or to show that you are angry with them:

  • Oh come on, Kylie, you made the same excuse last week!

• 5 a remark that shows someone that you are sexually interested in them:

  • He was giving me the come-on.

• 6 used for telling someone to move or act quickly or more quickly:

  • Come on – we’re going to be late if you don’t hurry!

• 7 used for telling someone you do not believe what the person is saying or you think the person is not being serious:

  • Oh, come on. You have no evidence whatsoever.

• 8 to start to develop gradually, as an illness or a mood:

  • He felt one of his headaches coming on.

• 9 something that is intended to attract a customer to a product:

  • Offering cash back on a purchase is one of the oldest come-ons in the world.