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Come-on   /kˈəmˈɑn/   Listen
Come-on

noun
1.
Anything that serves as an enticement.  Synonyms: bait, hook, lure, sweetener.
2.
Qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward.  Synonyms: enticement, lure.






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"Come-on" Quotes from Famous Books



... the bartender, kicking the valise to one side. "You don't think I'd fall to that, do you? Anybody can see he ain't no jay. One of McAdoo's come-on squad, I guess. He's a shine if he made himself up. There ain't no parts of the country now where they dress like that since they run rural free delivery to Providence, Rhode Island. If he's got nine-fifty in that valise it's a ninety-eight cent Waterbury that's ...
— Strictly Business • O. Henry



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