the puppies are coming along nicely : PROGRESS, develop, shape up; come on, turn out; improve, get better, pick up, rally, recover.
Come along! : HURRY (UP), be quick, get a move on, come along, look lively, speed up, move faster; informal get moving, get cracking, step on it, move it, buck up, shake a leg, make it snappy; Brit. informal get your skates on; N. Amer. informal get a wiggle on; dated make haste.
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