come on as

come on as something

to appear to be something; to project one's image as something. The senator comes on as a liberal, but we all know better. He comes on as a happy guy, but he is miserable.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Andrzej	AHND-zhay	Polish
Deepa	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil
Ingvar	-	Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Danish
Aatto	AH:T-to	Finnish
Salomea	sah-law-ME-ah	Polish
Gunnvor	-	Norwegian