come on

(ENCOURAGE) — phrasal verb with come

/kʌm/ verb (came, come)

Definition

B1 said to encourage someone to do something, especially to hurry or try harder, or to tell you something: Come on - we're going to be late if you don't hurry! Come on, Helen, you can tell me. I won't tell anyone.Expressions telling people to hurry up

(Definition of come on (ENCOURAGE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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