come on
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5.4
- idiom
- /kʌm ɑn/
- Informal
:
vamos
- I heard his calm voice: "Come on, honey, you need to get up from there."
- Come on, let's go
- Come on, let's go
- 'Come on,' he said
And then he starts, come on, DT, fight for your son.
- And then he starts, come on, DT, fight for your son.
- Come on, let's go, come on, come on, come on.
- And so the president says, come on, let's go get in my car.
- And I'm like, wow, Carlos, come on, can't we be friends?
Examples
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And the team told him, come on, give me a break.
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- Come on, folks, let's move.
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Come on, come on, come on, look at that.
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Come on, morning, boys, come on, get up, wake up.
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But you guys come on now, this is so cool.
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- Come on, come on, let's go.
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I have only just scratched the surface, so come on down and see for yourself!
Academic text (2002) -
Oh! Oh! Come on, come on!" she shouted, jumping up and down.
Fiction book (1990) -
And, you know, people would start knocking on the door, "Come on, Jen, you've been in there for 25 minutes."
Academic text (1990) -
Come on, let's hurry up; the movie starts in ten minutes!
Synonyms
65
9.7
A strong expression showing anger, surprise, or urgency
45
7.6
People say it to show impatience or anger
10
7.6
Say it when you are annoyed to ask someone to do or stop something
9
9.9
To show strong frustration and make a request sound urgent
6
7.7
To tell someone to start or continue after they hesitate
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The urging sense (e.g., 'Come on, let’s go') is partly derivable from 'come' (move toward) so learners may infer a request to move or hurry, but the exclamatory uses expressing disbelief or irritation ('Oh, come on!') are idiomatic and not directly predictable from the constituents. Because there is a clear link in some uses but other senses are metaphorical and pragmatic, the expression is best classified as partially transparent.
Etymology
Come on as an exclamation began as a way to urge someone to hurry—like shouting 'Come on, let's go!'—and people also used the same shout to show disbelief or annoyance. That's why it can mean 'to urge' or to show 'disbelief' or 'irritation'.