coming on

adverb

Almost, nearly, nigh on.

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Meanings

adverb
  1. Almost, nearly, nigh on.

    I do scouting for record companies. I've been doing that for coming on three years now.

    a. 2003, Jack Osbourne, in Ozzy Osbourne et al., Ordinary People: Our Story, Simon and Schuster (2003), page 285
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of come on
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APA

coming on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming%20on

MLA

“coming on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming%20on. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coming on,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coming%20on.

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