phrasal verb / exclamation · informal
come on
UK/kʌm ɒn/US/kʌm ɑn/come·ON
used to urge someone, to indicate something starts (e.g. lights), or to encourage progress
Examples
“Come on, you can do better than that!”
“The heater comes on automatically at seven.”
“The project is finally coming on after months of delay.”
Band 8 sentence
“I told him to come on and finish the presentation because we were running out of time, and he did.”
Collocations
- come on! (encouragement)
- come on (a device)
Word family
Common mistakes
He came on to the stage (nghĩa sai khi dịch trực tiếp)→He came on to the stage (nếu ý 'bước lên sân khấu' có thể đúng) / Come on! (kêu gọi)
Please come on!→Come on! / Please hurry up!
Say it for a higher band
5hurry→6start→7+come on
Synonyms
go on (for devices)
encourage
Easily confused
come along
“The new plan is coming along nicely.”
go on
“The lights went on as soon as we entered the room.”
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