Phrasal Verb
Phrasal verbs are compound verbs that result from combining a verb with an adverb or a preposition. The resulting compound verb is idiomatic.
Phrasal Verb:
come on
Meaning / Example:
1. Stop it!; Stop doing that. (Usually Come on!) > Mary: Are you really going to sell your new car? Sally: Come on! How dumb do you think I am? 2. please oblige me. > Mother: Sorry. You can't go! Bill: Come on, let me go to the picnic! 3. to hurry up; to follow someone. > If you don't come on, we'll miss the train. 4. [for electricity or some other device] to start operating. > After a while, the lights came on again. 5. to walk out and appear on stage. > You are to come on when you hear your cue. 6. [for a pain] to begin hurting; [for a disease] to attack someone. > The pain began to come on again, and Sally had to lie down. 7. [for a program] to be broadcast on radio or television. > The news didn't come on until an hour later.
A phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or adverb or both and that functions as a verb whose meaning is different from the combined meanings of the individual words A compilation of 50 phrasal verbs.
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