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Come on

verb

Appear or become visible; make a showing. Synonyms: come out, show up, surface, turn up. "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

Move towards. Synonyms: approach, come near, draw close, draw near, go up, near. "They are drawing near" , "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

Develop in a positive way. Synonyms: advance, come along, get along, get on, progress, shape up. "My plants are coming along" , "Plans are shaping up"

Start running, functioning, or operating. Synonyms: come up, go on. "The computer came up"

Occur or become available.

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"Come on" Quotes from Famous Books

... quick despairer! Wherefore wilt thou go? Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on, Soon shall we have gold-dusted Snapdragon, Sweet-William with his homely cottage-smell, And Stocks, in fragrant blow. Roses that down the alleys shine afar, And open Jasmin-muffled lattices, And groups under the dreaming ...

— Visions and Revisions - A Book of Literary Devotions • John Cowper Powys

... her, then," said Schlorge, ungraciously. Then, relenting a little, "Come on, I'll take you—if you're ...

— The Garden of the Plynck • Karle Wilson Baker

... "She offered to come on deck," Ethel went on quietly. "It was generous of her, for she knew I was left entirely alone. Nevertheless, I persuaded her that she was ...

— On the Firing Line • Anna Chapin Ray and Hamilton Brock Fuller

... is a quotation from a celebrated poet. I reckon you're ready enough now to come on to ...

— The Story of the White-Rock Cove • Anonymous

... Chilton! Maid Mary mine!" called Priscilla Molines in her clear bird-voice, as she ran down the steps leading to the principal cabin. "Come on deck and see the launch of the pinnace! The carpenters call her fit for use if not finished, and the men have gone ashore to launch her. Where ...

— Standish of Standish - A story of the Pilgrims • Jane G. Austin

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