coming on
Speech parts
1. coming on - Verb
2. coming on - Adverb
Meaning
coming on
Almost, nearly, nigh on.
coming on
present participle of come on
Antonyms
Examples
It was nice standing out in the darkness, in the damp grass, with spring coming on and a feeling in my heart of imminent disaster.
As a little girl I used to daydream about my real father coming on a white horse to rescue me.
You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.
People think I'm a freemason, and I'm not. People think I believe the end of the world is coming on 21 December 2012, and I don't.
My friends are gone and my hair is grey. I ache in places I used to play. And I'm crazy for love but I'm not coming on. I'm just paying my rent every day in the tower of song.
Universities won't survive. The future is outside the traditional campus, outside the traditional classroom. Distance learning is coming on fast.