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come-on

Nouns

• (n) anything that serves as an enticement bait, lure, sweetener, hook,
• (n) qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward lure, enticement,

Verbs

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

Synonyms

bait lure sweetener hook come out show up turn up surface approach draw near near come near draw close go up enticement progress shape up come along get along get on advance go on come up

Antonyms

retrogress regress retrograde go off

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