Come on

Source: https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/come-on_1#come-on_1__6

  1. develop or progress

  2. electricity etc: start

  3. walk on stage etc

  4. about rain/snow

  5. about illness

  • to develop or make progress

How’s the building work coming on?

come on with: She’s coming on fine with her music.

  • to improve

His French has really come on since last year.

  • to start working by being switched on

I saw a light come on in an upstairs window.

  • to start to be broadcast

We all had to be quiet when the news came on.

  • to appear on a stage

When he came on, the audience finally began to show some interest.

  • to appear on television, or to be heard on the radio

Then the president comes on and tells everyone to spend more money.

  • to arrive on a sports field in order to replace another member of your team

He came on as a substitute. Miller came on for Thompson in the 75th minute of the game.

  • used for telling someone to hurry

Come on! We’re going to be late.

  • used for encouraging someone to do something such as make a greater effort or stop being sad

Come on! It’s not the end of the world.

  • if an illness comes on, it starts to affect you

I can feel another headache coming on.

  • if something such as rain or snow comes on, it starts to fall

it comes on to do something: It came on to rain.

Come up

  • to move towards someone, usually because you want to talk to them

come up to:

Strangers come up to him in the street and say how much they enjoy his books.

Come up with

  • to think of something such as an idea or a plan

Is that the best you can come up with? Coming up with your own word should be fairly easy for this text completion because the clue is very direct.

  • to produce or provide something that people want

We’re in big trouble if we don’t come up with the money by 6 o’clock.

Come on to / come to [phrasal verb transitive ]

  • to start to deal with a new subject in a discussion

We’ll come on to the politics of the situation in a moment.

Come down on [phrasal verb transitive ]

  • to criticize or punish someone severely

She came down pretty hard on the kids for making a mess.

Come on stream

  • to start to work or be effective

The new power station will come on stream next month.

Come on strong

  • to express yourself in a very determined and confident way

He can come on very strong with his political views.

Be​/​come on the scene

  • to start to exist or to get involved in a situation or activity

A band that first came on the scene in the 1980s.

Come out on top​/​come out tops

  • to be the best or the winner

Phil always comes out on top.