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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



... armourer's hand, and seizing a nail from the bag, in a few moments he had spiked the gun. At this time I heard the tramping of the French soldiers advancing, when O'Brien threw away the hammer, and lifting me upon his shoulders, cried, "Come along, Peter, my boy," and made for the boat as fast as he could; but he was too late; he had not got half way to the boat, before he was collared by two French soldiers, and dragged back into the battery. The French troops then advanced, ...
— Peter Simple and The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 • Frederick Marryat

... W. further reports that when C. told old Grace he had weighed altogether a bale for her, "Good God!" she cried, "me lib to raise bale o' cotton! Come along, Tim, ...
— Letters from Port Royal - Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868) • Various

... afternoon we saw the North steamer come along with flags flying and a band playing. If we hadn't been on professional business ourselves we possibly might have enjoyed the exhibition. We should have left Whitestone right away, but the wind had died out and there wasn't a capful of air stirring. Some of the members of the company expressed ...
— A Pirate of Parts • Richard Neville

... manner, we are stripped of all the things that we have cared about, and worked for, and have made our aims down here? Suppose that you knew that you were under sailing orders to go somewhere or other, and that at any moment a breathless messenger might appear and say, 'Come along! we are all waiting for you'; and suppose that you never did a single thing towards getting your outfit ready, or preparing yourself in any way for that which might come at any moment, and could not ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) • Alexander Maclaren

... and come along, and don't be a mad kitten! I shall go and leave you two behind. So now you know." And Rosalind goes away ...
— Somehow Good • William de Morgan


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