come on
(START) — phrasal verb with come /kʌm/ verb (came, come)Definition
C1 to start to happen or work: The heating comes on at six in the morning.Starting and beginningStarting again › If you have got an illness coming on, it is starting gradually: I think I've got a cold coming on.Starting and beginningStarting again › UK informal If a woman comes on, her period (= the blood coming from the womb that happens every month) starts.Processes and stages connected with sexual reproduction
(Definition of come on (START) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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come off sth phrasal verb (STOP USING)
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come on phrasal verb (APPEAR)
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come on phrasal verb (ENCOURAGE)
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come on phrasal verb (NOT BELIEVE)
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come on phrasal verb (SEXUAL INTEREST)
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come on/along phrasal verb
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come out in sth phrasal verb
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come out of left field idiom
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come out of sth phrasal verb
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come out of the closet idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- conception noun (BABY)
- egg noun (REPRODUCTION)
- fetus noun
- foetus noun
- hot flush noun
- inseminate verb
- menopause noun
- menstrual adjective
- menstrual period noun
- menstruate verb
- ova
- ovulation noun
- ovum noun
- period noun (BLOOD)
- premenstrual adjective
- premenstrual syndrome noun
- prepubescent adjective
- sb's biological clock is ticking (away) idiom
- sexual adjective (SEX)
- the change (of life) idiom
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