coming on
English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- Almost, nearly, nigh on.
- a. 2003, Jack Osbourne, in Ozzy Osbourne et al., Ordinary People: Our Story, Simon and Schuster (2003), →ISBN, page 285:
- 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), →ISBN, page 285:
Verb
[edit]- present participle and gerund of come on