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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
Examples of come-along in a Sentence
Verb
our backyard makeover is coming along nicely
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
And then Elvis came along four years later, and there wasn't a woman in the top 25.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
We were already established when that came along.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Yeah, if the right thing comes along, because scoring can get intense with the changes and the edits and making the director happy.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Before the trio of prize winners came along, researchers thought that such immune tolerance occurred centrally, in the thymus, the primary lymphoid organ that sits in the center of the chest.
—Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2025
And then Elvis came along four years later, and there wasn't a woman in the top 25.
—Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 5 Oct. 2025
We were already established when that came along.
—Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2025
Yeah, if the right thing comes along, because scoring can get intense with the changes and the edits and making the director happy.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 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 7 Oct. 2025.
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