come on

v 1: appear or become visible; make a showing; "She turned up at

the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface

again" [syn: {come out}, {turn up}, {surface}, {show up}]

2: move towards; draw closer to; "We were approaching our

destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army

came nearer and nearer" [syn: {approach}, {near}, {go up},

{draw near}, {come near}]

3: make progress; "He progressed well in school" [syn: {progress},

{come along}, {advance}, {get on}, {get along}, {shape up}]

[ant: {regress}]

4: start running, functioning, or operating, as of lights or

power [syn: {go on}, {come up}] [ant: {go off}]

5: become available; "water or electricity came on again after

the earthquake"