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Come along   /kəm əlˈɔŋ/   Listen
Come along

verb
1.
Come into being or existence, or appear on the scene.  Synonym: appear.  "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago"
2.
Develop in a positive way.  Synonyms: advance, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up.  "My plants are coming along" , "Plans are shaping up"






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"Come along" Quotes from Famous Books



... don't think that you will get much by it. I tell you you are a deal too fond of that whip, Pearson. It never was heard of on the estate during my father's time, and it sha'n't be again when it comes to be mine, I can tell you. Come along, Dan; I want you ...
— With Lee in Virginia - A Story of the American Civil War • G. A. Henty

... boastful mood, and felt his heart so warm towards Cornish that nothing would do but they must tramp it together so far as Nancledrea, which was a goodish bit out of Cornish's road to Ludgvan. By the time they reached Nancledrea Billy was shedding tears and begging Cornish to come along to Ardevora. "I'll make a man of 'ee there," he promised: "I will sure 'nough!" But Cornish weighed the offer, and decided that his mother at Ludgvan would be going to bed before long. So coming to a house with red blinds and lights within they ...
— Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... They told me at Dolgelly, and they confirmed it at Machynlleth, that nobody must desire to get his letters at any particular time, in the months of September and October, when the nuts were ripe. For the postmen never would come along until they had filled their bags with nuts, for the pleasure of their families. And I dare say they do the same thing now, but without being free to declare ...
— George Bowring - A Tale Of Cader Idris - From "Slain By The Doones" By R. D. Blackmore • R. D. Blackmore

... you to keep up with me. You can come along as leisurely as you please, though you must not let the enemy get ahead ...
— Within The Enemy's Lines - SERIES: The Blue and the Gray--Afloat • Oliver Optic

... invite me to accompany him when the night was cold and stormy. One afternoon, as Ianto and I were returning home from the riverside, the old fisherman remarked: "I met Philip last night, sir, and he wants you and me to come along with him for a ramble to the woods above the Crag. He's got something to show you; I think it's an old earth-pig that lives in the rocks. What do you say to joining me by the church as soon as you've had something to eat? Then we'll ...
— Creatures of the Night - A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain • Alfred W. Rees


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