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)
- 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
- To harass (someone).
- 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 present | comes on to |
|---|---|
| present participle | coming on to |
| past | came on to |
| past participle | come 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
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