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come-on

[kuhm-on, -awn]

noun Slang.

inducement; lure.

Origin:
1895–1900, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase come on

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come-on
noun
1.	anything that serves as an enticement [syn: bait]
2.	qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward [syn: lure]

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