Usually means: Approaching or initiating interaction flirtatiously.
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  1. coming on: Merriam-Webster
  2. coming on: Collins English Dictionary
  3. coming on: Vocabulary.com
  4. coming-on: Wordnik
  5. coming on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. coming on: Wiktionary
  7. coming on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. coming on: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. coming on: Legal dictionary

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  1. coming on: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (coming on)

▸ adverb:  Almost, nearly, nigh on.

Similar:
approaching, pertineer, all but, just then, fast, pronto, presently, anon, about time, any minute now, more...

Opposite:
receding, retreating, withdrawing

Phrases:
coming on strong, coming down on, coming on the scene, Coming Out on Top, coming on too strong, more...

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Similar:
approaching, pertineer, all but, just then, fast, pronto, presently, anon, about time, any minute now, more...

Opposite:
receding, retreating, withdrawing

Phrases:
coming on strong, coming down on, coming on the scene, Coming Out on Top, coming on too strong, coming up on these streets, more...



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