From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
come on
v 1: appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at
the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface
again" [syn: {come on}, {come out}, {turn up}, {surface},
{show up}]
2: move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They
are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"
[syn: {approach}, {near}, {come on}, {go up}, {draw near},
{draw close}, {come near}]
3: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school";
"My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn:
{progress}, {come on}, {come along}, {advance}, {get on},
{get along}, {shape up}] [ant: {regress}, {retrograde},
{retrogress}]
4: start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went
on"; "the computer came up" [syn: {go on}, {come up}, {come
on}] [ant: {go off}]
5: occur or become available; "water or electricity came on
again after the earthquake"
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