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come onto

come onto is the alternative form of come on to.

Meaning of come on 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.
    Synonyms:
    hit on, make a pass
  2. (slang, transitive) To harass (someone).
  3. To start to.
    • It came on to snow after dusk.

Forms of come onto

third-person singular presentcomes onto
present participlecoming onto
pastcame onto
past participlecome onto

Questions about come onto

What is come onto the alternative form of?
Come onto is the alternative form of come on to.

Words near come onto in the dictionary

  1. come on to
  2. come on vacation, leave on probation
  3. come one's way
  4. come online
  5. come ons
  6. come onto
  7. come out
  8. come out in
  9. come out in the wash
  10. come out of one's shell
  11. come out of the broom closet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: come onto (page history and authors); come on to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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