| 单词 | to come on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come on to come on 1. intransitive. a. (a) To move or travel onward from or to another specified place, engagement, etc. Also: to advance, proceed, or progress (often with the implication of being relentless or unstoppable). Also in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > move towards [verb (intransitive)] > move towards the speaker or this place comeeOE oncomeOE to come upc1390 to come onc1450 to come forward1518 resort?1548 to come along1590 to step up1660 hither1856 society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > arrive at or reach [verb (transitive)] > from another specified place to come on1902 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach (a point or place) [verb (transitive)] > arrive at > from another place to come on1902 c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 2873 (MED) Than wole I þat ye come on In haste to that same place. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Jer. xlviii. 14 The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace. ?1565 Smyth that forged New Dame sig. B.iv The smyth..Called on hys dame Jone And bad her com on fast. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 606 The great ordinance once discharged, the armies came fast on. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 392 The swift celeritie of his death, Which I did thinke, with slower foot came on . View more context for this quotation 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 281 Their Troops..came on again to the Charge with such Fury, that [etc.]. 1866 M. Arnold Thyrsis vii, in Macmillan's Mag. Apr. 450 Soon will the high Midsummer pomps come on, Soon will the musk carnations break and swell. 1889 Standard 9 Dec. 5/7 He will come on to Zanzibar on Thursday. 1902 H. James Wings of Dove iii. 88 She had come on from Boston for that purpose. 1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies iv. 51 They had come on from a dance and stood in a little group by themselves. 1990 R. A. Salvatore Echoes of Fourth Magic (1998) vii. 78 Thalasi's army came on only to find the four bridges that spanned the river blocked by the Calvan force. 1999 K. Haruf Plainsong (2004) 293 The train came on from a distance, whistling sudden and long at a mile crossing. (b) With adverb of direction, e.g. down, in, round. To move or travel onward in the specified direction. Originally and chiefly imperative, as an exhortation or invitation, esp. to join someone or to enter or visit a house, room, etc. ΚΠ 1872 W. Besant & J. Rice Ready-money Mortiboy xxiv, in Once a Week 30 Mar. 297/1 He looked Frank up and down. ‘You're quite a swell. Come on in.’ 1915 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 365/2 ‘Come on in!’ called Dick again. ‘I'm fully dressed and respectable.’ 1940 C. Porter I'm throwing Ball Tonight in R. Kimball Compl. Lyrics C. Porter (1983) 203 Come on down, come on down, I'm throwing a ball tonight. 1952 W. Gaddis Recognitions (1955) 539 Hey, come on out, you want a good browning? 1987 I. Sinclair White Chappell Scarlet Tracings xiv. 102 Every mark is told to come on round and to bring the bread. 2006 T. Hadley in Granta Summer 243 Come on in, my little lambs. Come and get warm in Nana's flat. b. imperative. Used to urge a person (or animal) to advance towards or accompany the speaker, or (more generally) to continue or proceed with some action or activity. Also used as a challenge expressing defiance, often as come on then. Cf. c'mon v. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > invitation or encouragement to action [interjection] comeOE upa1300 to come offc1405 to come ona1470 via1595 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > call to advance [interjection] to come ona1470 to come along1734 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) I. 73 ‘Com on,’ seyde Merlion, ‘and ye shall have grete worship.’ a1500 (?a1475) Guy of Warwick (Cambr. Ff.2.38) l. 1860 (MED) Gye beganne on hym to crye: ‘Harrawde, come on smertlye.’ ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. aa.viiv Come on fayre youth and go with me. 1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau iv. ii. sig. E.jv Come on then, folow me Mido a litle wayes. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iii. ii. 1 Come on, come on, come on, giue me your hand sir, giue me your hand sir. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 134 Now Sir, come on: What was done to Elbowes wife, once more? View more context for this quotation 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 4 Come on then Satire!.. Spread thy broad wing, and sowze on all the Kind. 1758 S. Jennyns tr. I. H. Brown On Immortality of Soul in R. Dodsley Coll. Poems VI. 61 Come on then, let us feast. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 6 ‘Come on,’ said the cab-driver, sparring away like clock-work. ‘Come on—all four on you.’ 1888 E. Gosse Raleigh ix. 201 Struck down as he was shouting ‘Come on, my men!’ 1913 Primary Educ. Feb. 110/1 ‘Well, come on then, poor little pussy,’ and they trudged down the street together, Billy and the cat. 1964 J. Hale Grudge Fight xi. 179 ‘Come on, sissy boy,’ says Brooks, ‘come on you poncy bastard.’ 2013 E. Laybourne Sky on Fire xx. 195 ‘That's it, Simonsen!’ he hollered. ‘Get under it. Come on, Zarember, push, push, push!’ c. imperative. Used to entreat or express impatience, incredulity, or exasperation; ‘come off it’, ‘for goodness' sake’. ΚΠ 1862 Guardian 26 Nov. 1115/3 A voice in the passage said, ‘Come on, George, don't be a fool.’ 1895 Lincoln (Nebraska) Semi Weekly State Jrnl. 23 Apr. Ah, come on, Mary; don't be hard on a fellow. 1929 J. L. Latham Thanks, Awfully! 10 Dick: I'll bet you I could talk to every darn woman in that bridge club, and carry on a howlingly successful conversation, on two words! Dot: On two words! Oh, come on now, Dick! 1966 H. Kemelman Sat. Rabbi went Hungry xxvii. 140 Oh, come on, Rabbi. Everybody in town knows that the chief of police and you are buddy-buddy. 1977 P. G. Winslow Witch Hill Murder ii. xvii. 219 ‘Oh, come on, Supe,’ Jed scoffed. ‘You're really not trying to pin that murder on me, are you?’ 1991 A. McCarten Modest Apocalypse & Other Stories 129 ‘Maybe it was..y'know..a natural phenomenon.’ ‘Spontaneous combustion? Come on, Clark.’ 2009 New Yorker 1 June 39/1 ‘Come on,’ the general surgeon finally said. ‘We all know these arguments are bullshit.’ 2. intransitive. To begin; to set in; to approach. a. Of a period of time or season. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [verb (intransitive)] > come or arrive (of a time) falla1375 to come onc1450 arrive1614 to roll around1753 c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 892 (MED) The nyghte come on ful sone. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. dviijv/2 The nyght came on. 1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. C.i The Spryng commyng on, all the Frenche Garrisons, and Englishe Soldiours were commaunded, to make their repaire to sainct Quintaines. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Eng. (new ed.) vi. xii. 143/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Herevpon they being on both parts readie to giue battell, the euening comming on caused them to deferre it till the morow. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 678 Not protract the warre vntil Winter were come on. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 126 Night coming on, we here pitched our Tent. 1701 E. Veryard Acct. Divers Choice Remarks 198 Lent coming on, the Scene changes, and the Romans..re-assume their old precise Temper. 1740 J. Ward Lives Professors Gresham Coll. 121 When summer came on..he took a journey into Scotland. 1856 T. T. Stone Rod & Staff (ed. 2) iii. iv. 363 The night passing off, as we trust, the dawn coming on. 1886 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Right Hon'ble I. vi. 99 The night had come on wet. 1921 Black Fox Jan. 16/2 It would be foolish to disturb foxes after the first of January with the mating season coming on. 1976 N. S. Momaday Names ii. 67 There is a taut wind at the windows, and winter is coming on. 2004 L. Cabral Uncommon Bond xxvi. 199 With Christmas coming on, I noticed our guys are looking a little bit homesick. b. Of an illness, pain, symptom, etc. ΚΠ 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. xx Another dyette there is, the whiche she ought to obserue in the tyme of labor, when the stormes and thronges begyn to come on [L. cum prægnans doloribus grauari]. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 514/2 A little after her Travailing Pains came on..this Potion was given to further the Birth. 1689 J. Heath Eng. Chron. 212 The Sweating Sickness coming on, she fell desperately, ill and dyed. 1766 L. Carter Diary 24 July (1965) I. 320 She danced though sick for her period coming on. 1784 J. Hendy Treat. Glandular Dis. Barbadoes ii. xxi. 131 He has scarce been able to determine whether the local symptoms or the cold fit came on first. 1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia II. viii. 123 Those gasping-fits, which come on with greater and greater violence. 1861 Country Gentleman 14 Mar. 179/1 I have generally wrapped their necks in cloths wet in cold water whenever the paroxysm came on. 1894 Med. Reporter 16 Apr. 216/1 Opium is incorporated with the food and is literally absorbed with it. This prevents the speedy in-take and consequent powerful effects coming on at once. 1910 Dietetic & Hygienic Gaz. Aug. 500/1 I see no reason to advise a healthy girl to remain in bed for the first day because of her period coming on. 1975 B. Donoughue Diary 13 Feb. (2005) xi. 311 I need a rest and feel a cold coming on. 2005 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 21 Nov. 23 Uh oh, I feel a sneeze coming on. c. Of (esp. unwelcome or unfavourable) weather, or a change in weather or daylight. Also with non-referential it as subject with following complement. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > make an unwelcome appearance to come on1592 to raise its (ugly) head1683 to rear its (ugly) head1771 1592 W. Raleigh Let. 16 Sept. (1999) 81 I beseich your lordship to take order for thes with sume speade for the charge will groe dayly and winter weather cumes on. 1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox sig. P4 A small gale comming on hee stood off into 60. fathome. 1684 P. Ayres Voy. & Adventures Capt. B. Sharp 97 The wind came on so fierce that it blew away our Mizon. 1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 4 It came on to blow. 1743 C. Chauncy Seasonable Thoughts State of Relig. i. 104 They [sc. meetings] never happen'd..'till the Darkness of the Night came on. 1830 ‘Juan de Vega’ Jrnl. Tour (1847) xx. 138 It came on to rain. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 116 We encountered another south-easter..it came on in the night. 1900 Fibre & Fabric 1 Sept. 29/1 It came on stormy in the afternoon and bid fair to make a night of it. 1915 Gleanings Bee Culture 1 Feb. 94/1 The cold spell lasted for about three days. Then bright sunshine came on and melted this thin skim of ice. 2012 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 28 Aug. 15 The timing of this storm, coming on..on the anniversary of Katrina, has everybody in a state and sense of alertness. 3. intransitive. To advance in growth or development; to improve, make progress; = to come along 3 at Phrasal verbs 1.to come on strong: see strong adv. Phrases 2h(a). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make progress or advance (of action or operation) fremec1000 furtherc1200 profit1340 to go onc1449 grow1487 to commence to, intoa1500 framea1529 to get ground?1529 movec1540 work1566 promove1570 advance1577 devolve1579 to come on1584 progress1612 to gain ground1625 germinate1640 proceed1670 to gather ground1697 march1702 to make its way1711 to come forward1722 develop1744 to turn a wheel1864 shape1865 come1899 1584 Briefe Declar. Desires Faithfull Ministers 121 What orders were moste meete..for the furtheraunce of them that are newly come, and what for the continuance and increase, of them that are very well come on. 1606 J. Marston Wonder of Women ii. i. sig. Cv States come on With slow advice, quicke execution. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum ¶647 It should seem by the experiments, both of the malt and of the roses, that they will come far faster on in water than in earth. 1689 E. Hickeringill Ceremony-monger 38 Like a young Setting-dog..there's hopes of him, he's coming on. 1760 Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 182 He seemed to come on but slowly while the shocks were slight. 1765 Crit. Rev. Sept. 230 April, at which time our work comes on generally in a great hurry. 1853 C. McIntosh Bk. Garden I. 473 Crops of cauliflower, etc., that may be coming on too fast. 1890 Field 15 Feb. 232/3 No. 7 [oarsman] has hardly come on as fast as expected. 1901 F. Norris Octopus (1964) i. v.142 ‘How's it coming on?’ inquired Annixter. ‘The hop ranch? Prime. I've almost got the land in shape.’ 1940 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 459 This isn't an easy time to work in, and I find I have to revise thoroughly everything I do. But there will be some stuff. It's coming on. 2015 Times (Nexis) 23 Feb. (Sport section) 8 When he signed from Swansea City he looked shy and unsure, but he's come on lately. 4. intransitive. a. Of an actor, performer, etc.: to make an entrance on to a stage or in a similar arena. Later also of a person or a person's voice: to appear or begin speaking on the radio, a phone call, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible > make an appearance atewOE splaya1400 compearc1470 to come ona1635 exhibit1656 to figure in1812 show your shapes1828 to show one's neb (also nose, etc.)1841 surface1961 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive comeOE to come to townOE yworthOE lend11.. lightc1225 to come anovenonc1275 wina1300 'rivec1300 repaira1325 applyc1384 to come ina1399 rede?a1400 arrivec1400 attainc1400 alightc1405 to come to handc1450 unto-comec1450 apport1578 to be along1597 to drop in1609 to come ona1635 to walk in1656 land1679 engage1686 to come along1734 to get in1863 to turn up1870 to fall in1900 to lob1916 to roll up1920 to breeze in1930 to rock up1975 a1635 R. Sibbes King Davids Epit. in Beames Divine Light (1639) 173 There bee many that must act their parts in this world, therefore some must go off the stage, that others may come on. 1653 W. Sclater Grand Assises 25 As Players upon the Stage come on disguised under the habits of severall Persons. 1759 Reasons why D. Garrick should not appear on Stage 16 I..went to see the Alchymist: I saw Burton and Palmer plain enough, till Abel Drugger came on. 1790 J. Haslewood Secret Hist. Green Rooms II. 112 When Roscius came on, nothing but off! off! &c. could be heard. 1881 Locomotive Firemen's Monthly Mag. Sept. 271/2 Whenever a new speaker came on, this man bawled out: ‘Mr Henry!.. I call for Mr. Henry!’ 1888 J. McCarthy & R. C. Praed Ladies' Gallery III. viii. 168 Ransom began to grow impatient, and to wonder if Berenice was never to come on. 1966 L. Bruce How to talk Dirty iii. 30 At two o'clock in the morning the announcer would come on. 1971 J. Mortimer Voy. round my Father ii. 64 We're waiting to come on, at London Sessions. 2011 P. Black Black by Design iii. 84 The band came on and did a short set. b. Cricket. Of a bowler: to begin a spell of bowling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > bowl [verb (intransitive)] > begin to bowl to go on1840 to come on1860 1860 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 303 Tarrant..came on when The United, in their first innings, had made 30 runs. 1890 Field 10 May 672/2 At this stage Mr. Woods came on to bowl. 1903 Oxf. Mag. 21 Oct. 10/1 He seemed well on his way to a century when, in hitting out rather carelessly at Evans, who had come on again, he sent up a catch to Martin at mid-off. 1950 Spectator 30 June 881/2 My son came on first change, and bowled high-flighted balls. 2015 Glasgow Herald (Nexis) 10 July 13 The real breakthrough came when the spinners came on to replace the seam attack that were bowling too short. c. Sport. Of a player or team: to take to a field of play or similar playing area; spec. (of a team player) to be brought on at some point after the start of play. ΚΠ 1884 Washington Post 18 June Humphreys sprained his leg, and Hanna took his place behind the bat, Mullin coming on as substitute. 1899 Ariel 1 Apr. 373/2 Between halves the second team came on to keep the regulars warm, and met defeat. 1907 Irish Times 21 Jan. 4/5 After about five minutes' play J. Ferguson..came on to replace Rea, and he played outside left. 1978 Guardian 26 Oct. 24/3 The Welsh had to use both their replacements, Nicholas coming on in the first-half for J. J. Williams. 2015 Daily Mirror (Nexis) 6 Apr. 8 Costa's troubled hamstrings lasted just 11 minutes after he came on to replace the ineffective Oscar at half-time. 5. intransitive. To come before a judicial or deliberative assembly for consideration, settlement, etc.; to be scheduled to be dealt with. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > be occupied or busy (in or at something) [verb (intransitive)] > conduct affairs > come to be dealt with to come on1649 1649 Moderate Intelligencer No. 213. 1909 The sale of Deans and Chapters Lands comes on to morrow. 1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. 46 Captain, I tell you, you are my prime Witness, and the Cause is just now coming on. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace ii. ii. 8 Before the Lords at Twelve my Cause comes on. 1789 T. Jefferson Let. 29 June in Writings (1859) III. 64 The question of the St. Domingo deputation came on. 1833 New Monthly Mag. 38 132 The next day comes on Sir John Key's motion. 1890 Sat. Rev. 22 Mar. 340/2 The..Bill had come on for second reading. 1918 Everybody's Mag. Feb. 15/1 I used to let them [sc. papers] lie many a morning unopened, until the trial of the Caillaux case came on at Paris. 1921 Pacific Reporter 192 13/2 Both motions came on for hearing, and were presented to and disposed of by the court. 2009 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 27 Oct. 18 Uncle Fred's trial comes on in February; if he turns Queen's evidence on the bent accountants he could get off with three years. 6. intransitive. a. Originally of a play, show, etc.: to begin to be performed; to start. Later also of a film, television or radio programme, etc.: to begin to be broadcast; to start to play. ΚΠ 1704 J. Ozell tr. C. Perrault Characters Greatest Men in France I. 185 The Gentleman astonish'd at what he heard, was much more so when the Play came on [Fr. on joüa la Comedie], the Pit and Boxes ringing again incessantly with Applauses. 1832 Day (Glasgow) 18 Apr. 370/2 The farce came on, full of fun and frolic. The galleries were enraptured with it. 1913 Times of India 22 Oct. 11/4 It did not..startle me when a certain film came on to hear a thick-voiced man of the coster pattern exclaim: ‘Hallo! here's one of the bally saints.’ 1942 Rotarian Jan. 31/1 We shall huddle around our radio sets that day to hear our program come on. 1953 Billboard 20 June 64/4 Four shows were held Monday... After two afternoon and one evening performance, the fourth show came on at 10:15pm. 1968 Life 20 Sept. 81/2 Ringo will smile or nod when a Beatles song comes on; John and Paul don't appear to notice. 1987 Working Mother July 59/2 His favorite TV show comes on at eight. 2015 Gloucestershire Echo (Nexis) 3 Dec. 26 One of my favourite pursuits is shouting at the telly when an obnoxious or meaningless advert comes on. b. Of a play or film: to begin to be presented to the public; to start a run. Cf. to come off 11 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [verb (intransitive)] > begin season or tour to come on1737 open1828 1737 H. Fielding Eurydice Hiss'd in Hist. Reg. 1736 40 You know my Farce comes on today, and I have many Enemies; I hope you will stand by me. 1890 Scots Observer 15 Feb. 350/1 The critic of the Roarer has a new play coming on at the Marlowe Theatre next week. 1926 Princeton Alumni Weekly 3 Mar. 538/2 We are settled here in New Canaan for a few months because my wife has a play coming on in New York. 1942 M. Anderson Let. 10 Aug. in L. G. Avery Dramatist in Amer. (1977) 126 I think I have a good play coming on this fall—one that I'd not be ashamed to show you. 1992 J. Anderson in B. McFarlane Sixty Voices 3/1 I was excited at my first film coming on in the West End and the posters going up. 2005 M. Jong-Fast Sex Doctors in Basement 188 He's starring in a big movie coming on this spring. 7. intransitive. Of an electrical appliance, device, system, etc.: to be switched on; to start working. ΚΠ 1892 Middletown (N.Y.) Daily Press 13 Apr. He touched something in the switch box, the lights came on, and he was nearly knocked off a ladder he was standing on. 1902 Electrician 19 Dec. 362/2 If such heating came on it would be in the winter, and probably at the same time as the lighting. 1942 Daily Ardmoreite (Ardmore, Okla.) 10 Dec. 6/5 When you turn an electric light switch, you would be surprised indeed if the light failed to come on. 1984 Pop. Sci. Dec. 27/1 (advt.) Touch another button and your stereo system comes on. 2012 P. Hollist So Path does not Die 119 The sound of a television set coming on..reminded Fina that Edna and her kids were in the townhouse. 8. intransitive. Originally U.S. a. With adverb or adjective complement. Of a person: to behave or come across in a specified way.Recorded earliest in to come on strong (see strong adv. Phrases 2h(a)). ΚΠ 1941 Pittsburgh Courier 30 Aug. 14/3 One of the ‘experienced’ girls ‘came on strong’. She fought, argued, issued unconventional invitations. 1961 R. Gover One Hundred Dollar Misunderstanding 99 Then this one general comes on strong. I mean, he lets this jerk have it. 1989 B. Robinson Withnail & I (1998) 120 I told him, there's no questiona payin' rent for a property cut with rodents... He takes exception to this, and comes on really bald with me. 1993 Q Jan. 69/3 Swingbeat maestro Teddy Riley sets up a barrage of rasping drums and skimpy synths, against which the self-styled King Of Pop was free to come on all weird and alluring. 2001 M. Blair If Looks could Kill xxvii. 196 Can't say I liked him much. A bit snakish. Came on friendly enough, but I wouldn't turn my back on him in a business deal. b. Of a person: to behave or come across like a particular person or type of person. ΚΠ 1954 Pittsburgh Courier 12 June (City ed.) 20/4 Bill Harvey blows much sax and his band is real jazzy. He comes on like Louis Jordan. Harvey's band jumps for dancing. 1964 R. Gover Here goes Kitten 59 An him, here's him, comes on like a Jay Pee puttin down the law. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiv. 442 Once the god-squaddie supreme, she was now possessed of the zeal of the apostate and came on like an atheistic stormtrooper. 2005 N. Hornby Long Way Down 146 Is it because your daddy reads books? Is that why you come on like such a dork? 9. intransitive. To make sexual advances. Frequently with to.See also to come on strong at strong adv. Phrases 2h(b). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > flirtation or coquetry > flirt with [verb (transitive)] gallant1672 coquet1725 chat1898 trick1913 vamp1918 to make time with1934 to come on1948 chirpse1997 1948 R. Westerby Wide Boys never Work (rev. ed.) 149 If you make a dead-line at six inches above the knees they always want to come on. 1968 H. Ellison Love Ain't Nothing but Sex Misspelled 58 He was coming on with Rooney because he knew it would make me feel tall. 1985 M. Sachs Fat Girl xv. 138 Her boyfriend is a punk. Didn't you see the way he was coming on to you? 1999 R. A. Gardner Individual & Group Therapy & Work with Parents in Adolescent Psychotherapy 130 A certain amount of flirting and expression of interest in the boys may result in their ‘coming on’. 2012 Gay Times May 42/2 I still get groupies coming on to me, but I'm aware that before I was famous women wouldn't come up to me like that. 10. intransitive. colloquial. Of a woman or girl: to start menstruating. ΚΠ 1977 J. McCrindle & S. Rowbotham Dutiful Daughters xiv. 372 I was doing gym at the time and I came on; I didn't know what to do with the towel, someone had to actually show me how you used the towel. 1996 G. G. Barnes in R. Davie et al. Voice of Child ix. 149 Her mother..told Stasia that her own mother had slapped her when she tried to ask what her own period was when she first ‘came on’. 2009 London Rev. Bks. (Electronic ed.) 22 Oct. 22 Menstrual modernity in the form of a more efficient throwaway technology was seized on and celebrated, as was the opportunity to send your man off to the shop to get it if you came on suddenly. to come on —— to come on —— 1. intransitive. a. To attack, esp. suddenly or by surprise; to descend on with violence. Cf. to come upon —— 1a at Phrasal verbs 2. Now archaic and rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack suddenly to come on ——eOE to come upon ——c1175 to start upon ——a1393 to start on ——a1398 descend?a1425 to come down1539 surprise1548 ambuscade1676 insult1775 swoop1797 Pearl Harbour1943 eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iv. i. 83 Hie þa Romane comon on Tarentine & þær eall aweston þæt hie metton. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2667 Folc ethiopienes on egipte cam. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clvii. 191 The frenchmen..came on them with great randon, their speares in their restes. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 295 Then the kinges battaile came on the Englishe men. 1644 J. Vernon Young Horse-man 17 Now if the enemie come on the Reere something inclining to the Right, you are to command to the right hand about face. 1685 C. Cleeve Songs Moses & Deborah 4 Still the slippery Foe came on him fresh again. 1724 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe (ed. 2) 335 They made about fourscore Horse... And then coming on us, with great Fury, we fir'd without Ball. 1746 M. Hughes Plain Narr. Late Rebellion 42 Our Horse coming on their Backs, made a terrible Havock. 1861 Kingston's Mag. for Boys 2 54 A constant look-out..was kept..lest the pirates should come on them unawares. 1871 F. T. Palgrave Lyrical Poems 51 Red-faced and stalwart-fashioned Point-blank they came on their foes. 1906 C. Oman Polit. Hist. Eng. IV. ii. 59 Despenser..found a band of rioters... Coming on them by surprise he took them all prisoners. 1983 N. Hancock Plains of Sea (new ed.) 253 ‘They came on us by surprise,’ shouted Mathiny, over a renewed attack that was being mounted by the Varads. b. Of an affliction, punishment, blessing, etc.: to descend upon; to be inflicted or visited on. Cf. to come upon —— 1b at Phrasal verbs 2. Now chiefly archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > suffer (adversity or affliction) [verb (transitive)] > afflict > fall upon with adverse effect to come on ——OE strikec1480 OE Leechbk. Fragm. (Harl.) (1865) ii. lix. 284 Soðlice seo adl cymð on monnan æfter feowertigum oððe fiftigum wintra. a1225 (c1200) Vices & Virtues (1888) 61 (MED) For ði scal godes wraððe cumen on hem. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 303 Cristes cors come on hure croun. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 162 Vnthank come on his hand. ?c1450 (c1380) G. Chaucer House of Fame (Pepys) (1880) l. 1786 Evill thrift com on [c1450 Fairf. 16 come to] your Iowes. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 2 Cor. iv. 1 As mercy is come on us we fayncte not. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 5 The iminent dangeir that vas cummand on the realme of France. a1618 R. Rogers Samuels Encounter with Saul (1620) xxii. 261 I could weepe bitterly, for the desolation that shall come on them. a1684 R. Leighton Serm. (1692) ii. 27 Though trouble be the general Lot of Mankind, yet it doth not come on him by an improvidential fatality. 1744 J. Willison Afflicted Man's Compan. (new ed.) vii. 137 God frequently hides his People from the Temptations and Troubles that are coming on the Earth. 1789 Brit. Mercury 8 Aug. 183 The punishment came on her..unexpectedly and suddenly. 1830 Museum Foreign Lit. & Sci. Jan. 20/2 The unhappy woman..said that a curse would come on the money thus awfully risked. 1862 Once a Week 13 Sept. 335/2 Vengeance came on the Frankforters in the shape of a whirlwind. 1902 Fortn. Rev. 1 Apr. 735 She had another son that was reared a priest, so that shows a blessing came on them. 1921 Hunter, Trader, Trapper Feb. 136/1 If you run out of ammunition or some other calamity comes on you, you are not in such a predicament. 2011 J. MacArthur Truth Endures 179 Great plagues that come on Egypt caused a massive amount of death. c. Esp. of a feeling or emotion: to affect; to have a sudden powerful (often unpleasant) effect or influence on. Later also of a thought: to occur to. Cf. to come upon —— 1c at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] ywortheOE fallc1225 atrinec1275 to come upon ——a1300 astart1393 to run to ——c1475 to come by ——1523 mishap1592 to come on ——a1599 tryst1645 arrive1655 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience > of a person meetOE rencounter1574 to come on ——a1599 intersect1858 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > suddenly or violently overgoOE ofseche?c1225 catcha1275 henta1375 to come upon ——a1382 seizec1381 takea1382 to catch to ——c1400 overpass?a1513 re-encounter1523 to come over ——1726 to come on ——1850 a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) xx. 184 It shall come vpon them suddenly, euen as the showres and dolour, comes on a woman who is trauelling in birth. 1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. xxix. 226 I slid down, rigour presently came on me, with a loathing, vomiting, and the former appetite to eat, being suppressed. a1698 C. Marshall Sion's Travellers Comforted (1704) 133 Sorrow comes on many daily, who have received false Reports of an innocent People. 1753 Rules for being Wit 6 I being to feel this Malady coming on me again; the Distemper..—I mean Modesty. 1793 Universal Mag. Feb. 84/1 I feel an inclination for ‘the substantial meal’, much about the same hour that it came on me fifty years ago. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 478/1 The change had come on them like a shot. 1879 J. H. Newman Let. 10 May in Littell's Living Age 4 Oct. 10/2 The thought comes on me, that I cannot be well till I am back. 1915 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Mar. 13/1 The idea came on me in the second part of the night. 1932 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Sunset Song iv. 254 And a queer, cold curiosity came on her then. 2011 C. Edgarian Three Stages of Amazement (2012) xx. 202 One night the urge came on him to poke among her things. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > be caused by or result from [verb (transitive)] comeeOE followOE suec1390 enda1400 ensuec1530 redound1565 to come on ——1568 to fall out upon1579 1568 Bible (Bishops') Gen. xlix. 1 Come together, that I may tell you what shall come on you in the last dayes. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. E7v The poore man shall forfait his lease, before his lease be expired: which thing if it happen, out goes the poore man, come on it what will. 1632 P. Hausted Rivall Friends v. iv. sig. L2 Well I will venture to speake what ere come on 't. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 328 Say what you can, let what will come on it. 1729 T. Odell Smugglers i. 10 She's at her Replicates agen; you wou'd have her learn to read, and see what's come on't now. 1796 T. Holcroft Man of Ten Thousand iv. v. 54 I'll tell madam my mind, come on't what wul! 1842 A. Butler Midsummer Eve II. xii. 42 There was a handful of fire and a cup of water, and they were put together. Now what came on't? 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. at Follow They say that Jim follows Mary Anne; but, brade o' me, nowt'll come on it, 'cos boath th' squire an' her fäathor's sore setten agëan him. 1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd iii. ii. i. 71 A pretty girl 'a was. But nothing came on't. 3. intransitive. To move or travel so as to come to, to arrive at; (in later use) esp. to meet unexpectedly or by chance, to happen on, to come across. Cf. to come upon —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2.See also to come on the scene at scene n. 8a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > find or discover by chance find1340 to fall with ——?c1475 to fall on ——1533 stumble1555 to come on ——1584 to come upon ——1622 fortune1662 to blunder upon1710 to come across ——1738 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > meet or encounter [verb (transitive)] > unexpectedly or by chance stumble1555 to come upon ——1622 to come across ——1738 to come on ——1801 to run upon ——1849 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. D As the Pilgrim..Cumd on the parting of two wayes at night. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. ii. ii. 83 Their horse and foote comming on a little plaine, somewhat farre from the skirt of the Wood. 1663 J. Yonge Jrnl. (1963) 54 In 22 days we came on the false bank of New Found Land, where it was intolerable cold. 1725 S. Willard Jrnl. 5 Oct. in Appalachia (Boston) (1881) 2 343 This morning we came on some Entervalls and plain land. 1787 E. Irwin Series Adventures Voy. up Red-sea (ed. 3) II. 294 We suddenly came on some pools of water. 1801 R. Musgrave Mem. Rebellions in Ireland App. 158 One party..suddenly, and unexpectedly, came on general Moore, and had a skirmish with him. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 9 Moving homeward [Enoch] came on Annie. 1918 W. H. Hudson Far Away & Long Ago xx. 269 One of the boys would pretend to come on a valuable find. 1939 G. Household Rogue Male 1 When they came on me watching the terrace..it was natural enough that they should jump to conclusions. 2014 A. Cooper Dragonflies 61 I came on a clearing in the woods. a. Of a cost, charge, etc.: to fall to, to be chargeable to. Also of a claimant: to make a legal or authoritative demand for money from (a liable party). Cf. to come upon —— 2a at Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Conversion & Persecutions E. Cohan 18 After all other Rigours, Costs of the Suit were to come on her. 1703 H. Curson Suppl. to Office & Duty Executors 60 The Plaintiff need not aver, that the Defendant hath Assets to pay Legacies or Debts, for that shall come on the Defendant's part. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal ii. ii. 21 A right to come on any of the indorsers. 1830 Law Recorder 17 Mar. 184/2 If a voluntary settlement is to be set aside, they would..equally have a right to come on the Cavan estate. 1888 Rep. Select Comm. House of Assembly on Employers' Liability Amendment Bill 30 in Proc. Parl. S. Austral. III If a vessel runs aground and everyone is drowned, the relatives of each of the men can come on you for three years' wages. 1921 Hearings Sel Comm. U.S. Shipping Board Operations 1920–21 (66th Congr. 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives) xii. 4607 We were afraid that it might get public and our creditors come on us quicker than they did. b. To resort to or become dependent on (a system of relief or financial aid). Only in to come on the parish at parish n. Phrases. Cf. to come upon —— 2b at Phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1695 J. Cary Ess. State Eng. 169 If he miscarrys her Family is undone, and she and they must come on the Parish. 1835 Amer. Railroad Jrnl. 24 Oct. 665/1 In winter generally, a labourer in the country comes on the parish. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxviii. 393 The popular expression of ‘coming on the parish’. 5. intransitive. Of a person or a person's voice: to appear or begin speaking on (the radio, a phone call, etc.); (of a film, television or radio programme, etc.): (to begin) to be broadcast on. ΚΠ 1917 Iowa City Daily Citizen 28 Mar. 1/4 Mrs Murphy came on the telephone and said that her husband was ill. 1962 Life 3 Aug. 56/2 Other voices came on the tape now, the pilots of four jet chase planes. 1980 B. Mac Laverty Lamb (1981) xii. 102 A round-up of the day's sport came on the radio. 1990 R. Pilcher September xxviii. 400 A little wait while the telephonist bleeped him, and then he came on the line. 1991 J. Waters Jiving at Crossroads xviii. 188 As I arrived, Sean Doherty came on the television set in the corner of the bar. 2015 D. Williams & J. McCaffrey Mummy's Little Angels 269 As Owen and Katie played on the sitting-room floor, some sport came on TV and Dave shouted at them to be quiet. < as lemmas |
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