come on

verbs

appear or become visible; make a showing

"She turned up at the funeral"; "I hope the list key is going to surface again"

come on, come out, show up, surface, turn up

move towards

"We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near

develop in a positive way

"He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up"

advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up

start running, functioning, or operating

"the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

come on, come up, go on

occur or become available

"water or electricity came on again after the earthquake"

come on

is a type of (narrower)

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

"We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

begin, commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out