COME ALONG


Meaning of COME ALONG in English

1.

You tell someone to ~ to encourage them in a friendly way to do something, especially to attend something.

There’s a big press launch today and you’re most welcome to ~.

= come on

PHRASAL VERB: V P

2.

You say ‘~’ to someone to encourage them to hurry up, usually when you are rather annoyed with them.

Come along, Osmond. No sense in your standing around.

= come on

CONVENTION

3.

When something or someone comes along, they occur or arrive by chance.

I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny...

It was lucky you came along.

PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P

4.

If something is coming along, it is developing or making progress.

Pentagon spokesman Williams says those talks are coming along quite well...

How’s Ferguson coming along?

PHRASAL VERB: V P adv, V P

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