come on to

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come on to

verb comes on to · coming on to · came on to · come on to

  1. informal, transitive To make a romantic or sexual advance to. He was really coming on to me at the party.

    Similar: hit on, make a pass

  2. slang, transitive To harass (someone).
  3. To start to. It came on to snow after dusk.

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verb make a romantic or sexual advance to

Españoltirar los tejos, insinuarse, pinchar con alguien, tirar [la] onda, ligar, propasarse con
中文轻薄 qīngbó, 吃豆腐 chī dòufu
Portuguêsdar em cima
Françaisdraguer
Deutschanmachen, anflirten
Italianoflirtare
Русскийзакадри́ть zakadrítʹ, флиртовать flirtovatʹ, ухаживать uxaživatʹ

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@misc{come_on_to_2026,
  title = {come on to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/come%20on%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}