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come on (3)

Meaning: If a TV or radio show comes on, it starts.

For example:

  • come on What time does the football come on?

  • come on The news comes on at 7 o'clock.

Quick Quiz:

My kids love wrestling on TV, and as soon as it comes on, they
  1. sit down and watch it
  2. go and do something else
  3. go outside and wrestle

Grammar explanation: separable and non-separable phrasal verbs

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