(intransitive) To appear on a stage or in a performance.
I think he's coming on too late after my line.
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(transitive, intransitive) To be broadcast (through a device), or to begin playing.
I was going to turn off the TV, but my favorite show came on.
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(transitive) To encounter, discover; to come upon.
Turning the corner, I came on Julia sitting by the riverbank.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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