: a small portable winch usually consisting of a cable attached to a hand-operated ratchet
came along; come along; coming along; comes along
1
: to accompany someone who leads the way
asked me to come along on the trip
2
: to make progress
work is coming along well
3
: to make an appearance
won't just marry the first man that comes along
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Verb
our backyard makeover is coming along nicely
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Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
However, in the early 1980s, a new theory called cosmic inflation came along, suggesting that before the hot Big Bang, the Universe behaved very differently, pushing any hypothetical singularity unobservably far back.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025
The panelists discussed the risk that comes along with having many different policies both across the United States and around the world.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Better than the book being an idyllic sartorial moodboard, however, is the storytelling from Lennox that comes along with it.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
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Verb
The families would go to fundraisers and other events together, and all of their children came along, because nobody had babysitters.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
However, in the early 1980s, a new theory called cosmic inflation came along, suggesting that before the hot Big Bang, the Universe behaved very differently, pushing any hypothetical singularity unobservably far back.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 24 Sep. 2025
The panelists discussed the risk that comes along with having many different policies both across the United States and around the world.
—Claire Dodds, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Better than the book being an idyllic sartorial moodboard, however, is the storytelling from Lennox that comes along with it.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for come-along
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“Come-along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come-along. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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