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develop in a positive way
Plans are shaping up
My plants are coming along
He progressed well in school -
move towards
The enemy army came nearer and nearer
They are drawing near
We were approaching our destination -
occur or become available
water or electricity came on again after the earthquake -
start running, functioning, or operating
the lights went on
the computer came up -
appear or become visible; make a showing
She turned up at the funeral
I hope the list key is going to surface again
How To Use come on In A Sentence
- In each case the company's contributions are deductible for tax, and income on the investments is free of tax. Principles of Corporate Finance
- The studio manager will cue you when it's your turn to come on.
- This helps the less well-off who spend a greater share of their income on products such as clothes; it hits the better-off, who spend more on services.
- We plot pre-tax income on the horizontal axis and post-tax income on the vertical axis.
- He has become one of the most wicked on a continent that has seen more than its fair share.
- Turks had come on with three battalions and a number of mule-mounted infantry and camelry. Seven Pillars of Wisdom
- Touchstone was looking out at his capital as Sam came in, watching the lights come on. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
- He went on to become one of the most venerated remixers of the 1990s. Times, Sunday Times
- One man, newly married, notes on his blog: My wife sees me watching TV and calls my name sweetly, patting her lap, ‘Come on,’ she calls. Taken to the cleaners » Japundit Blog
- Come on, you haven't got time to pick and choose.