Talk:come on

RFD discussion: March–April 2014

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come on

In the last sense, the vulgar one, which doesn't seem to be idiomatic, just come + on. DAVilla 21:21, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Delete. DCDuring TALK 22:02, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Delete. Jamesjiao → ^{T ◊ C} 22:20, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Deleted.​—msh210℠ (talk) 03:04, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

Interjection

A couple of uses that may or may not be covered by existing senses (and might just merit a usage example): (i) "daring" someone to approach and fight you ("come on then mate!" etc. on a Saturday night); (ii) speaking to cats and other shy animals. Equinox ◑ 22:30, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Phrasal verb versus prepositional verb phrase

Why is no distinction made between the phrasal verb "come on" (this is [coming on] nicely, she [came on] to me, the light [came on]) and the verb "come" used in a verb phrase with a preposition (it came [on the TV], she came [on Tuesday]? These are etymologically and syntactically quite different, and most dictionaries would put the latter under "come". I think this is a mistake, and several of the definitions given here should be moved to come.--Doric Loon (talk) 18:16, 10 January 2022 (UTC)