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come-on

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come-on (kmn, -ôn)
n.
1. Something offered to allure or attract; an inducement, especially to buy.
2. Slang A sexual or romantic approach or proposal.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.come-oncome-on - anything that serves as an enticement
enticement, temptation - something that seduces or has the quality to seduce
2.come-oncome-on - qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
attractiveness, attraction - the quality of arousing interest; being attractive or something that attracts; "her personality held a strange attraction for him"
Translations
come-on [ˈkʌmˌɒn] N
1. (= enticement) → insinuación f, invitación f
to give sb the come-oninsinuársele a algn
2. (Comm) → truco m, señuelo m
come-on
n (inf: = lure, enticement) → Köder m (fig); to give somebody the come-on (woman)jdn anmachen (inf)


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