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come on to

come on to verb: to make a romantic or sexual advance to.

Verb

come on to (third-person singular simple present comes on to, present participle coming on to, simple past came on to, past participle come on to)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make a romantic or sexual advance to.
    • He was really coming on to me at the party.
    • Sometimes I go to bed alone, horny and frustrated, angry at myself for not being more assertive and coming on to a new man who excited me.1980 August 9, John D'Emilio, “There's No Place Like Home”, in Gay Community News, page 9
    Synonyms:
    hit on, make a pass
  2. (slang, transitive) To harass (someone).
  3. To start to.
    • It came on to snow after dusk.
    • She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.1914 November, Louis Joseph Vance, “An Outsider […]”, in Munsey’s Magazine, volume LIII, number II, New York, N.Y.: The Frank A[ndrew] Munsey Company, […], published 1915, →OCLC, chapter II...

Synonyms of come on to

Forms of come on to

third-person singular presentcomes on to
present participlecoming on to
pastcame on to
past participlecome on to

Words formed from come on to

Questions about come on to

What does come on to mean?
Come on to means to make a romantic or sexual advance to.
What part of speech is come on to?
Come on to is a verb.
What is the past tense of come on to?
The past tense of come on to is came on to.

Words near come on to in the dictionary

  1. come on
  2. come on down
  3. come on in
  4. come on over
  5. come on strong
  6. come on to
  7. come on vacation, leave on probation
  8. come one's way
  9. come online
  10. come ons
  11. come onto

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