come along
verb, interjection
Forms comes along coming along came along come alongs
- verb (intransitive, followed by "with") To accompany. “I'd like you to come along with me to the opera.”
- verb (idiomatic, intransitive) To arise, appear (make an appearance), come into being. “When the telephone first came along, it was mostly just for businesses and rich people, but eventually almost everyone got one.”
- verb (idiomatic, intransitive) To progress; to make progress; to quicken. “The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month.”
- interjection Expression of encouragement or mild reproach. “Come along, dear, there's no point crying over it.”
Synonyms
come with develop rock along appear progress come on advance get on get along shape up
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 — from the Wiktionary entry “come along”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details