come-on
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come-on
- /ˈkʌmˌɑn/ Northern US, cot caught merger
- /ˈkʌmˌɔn/ Southern US
- /ˈkʌmˌɒn/ UK
Rhymes with (Southern American English) -ʌmɔn
Where it comes from
Deverbal from come on to. First use appears c. 1897, in the publications of Edward W. Townsend. See cite below.
noun come-ons
- Something intended to attract, as in an advertisement. The free offers are just come-ons to get you in the store so the sales staff can work on you.
- A statement or sometimes an action reflecting sexual or romantic interest. I thought he'd asked me to lunch to discuss business; I wasn't expecting a come-on.
- A bad actor whose talents do not extend far beyond walking onto the stage. When the public no longer rushed to the box-office to buy such synthetic exaltations of the spirit, pitchmen like Jerome K. Jerome and the aforesaid Kennedy got out their theopathic apparatus and had at the trade with elixirs in which actors, their faces chalked into a pallor exceeding Nicky Arnstei
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noun sexual or romantic proposal
| Español | proposición, insinuación |
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noun inducement
| Español | reclamo |
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