come on Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb appear or become visible; make a showing
   turn up; show up; come out; surface.
   
   • She turned up at the funeral
   • I hope the list key is going to surface again
2. verb move towards
   go up; come near; draw near; near; draw close; approach.
   
   • We were approaching our destination
   • They are drawing near
   • The enemy army came nearer and nearer
3. verb develop in a positive way
   advance; come along; shape up; get on; progress; get along.
   
   • He progressed well in school
   • My plants are coming along
   • Plans are shaping up
4. verb start running, functioning, or operating
   come up; go on.
   
   • the lights went on
   • the computer came up
5. verb occur or become available
   
   • water or electricity came on again after the earthquake

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