(sports) a type of elimination playoff series that is a single-game series, to decide who wins the playoff round

(UK, Cambridge University, transitive, idiomatic, archaic) To inscribe the name of (a student) on a board or tablet in a college.

(idiomatic, archaic) To gain advantage or profit.

(humorous) Somebody is conscious or paying attention, but failing to understand.

(chiefly US) An intensifier used in the same contexts as it's on, go on, and other expressions using the word on, but to express greater emphasis.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To sound artificial or contradictory.

To have another means or expedient kept in reserve in case the current one fails.

simple past tense of come on to

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of come on to

present participle of come on to