come onto

Hit on someone

Come onto means to make a sexual or romantic advance toward someone, typically in a direct or obvious way: He started coming onto her at the party.

The phrase suggests uninvited attention and often carries a slightly aggressive or unwelcome connotation: She complained that her boss had been coming onto her for months.

Related

flirt · infringe · advance · approach · proposition · intrude · encroach · close in · break the ice · charm · chat up · entice · pursuit · seduce · impose · arrive · enter · draw near

Opposites
romantic/sexual pursuit

come ontoreject

Dismiss as unsuitable

rebuff · spurn · turn down · brush off · give the cold shoulder

directness of approach

come ontocourt

Trial venue or sports surface

woo · play hard to get

social appropriateness

come ontoplay it cool

Maintain calm composure

take it slow · hold back

Family

come, onto, comes, came, coming, comer, comers, income, incoming

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13