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come along

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to progress

    how's your French coming along?

    1. hurry up!

    2. make an effort!

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. informala hand tool consisting of a ratchet lever, cable, and pulleys, used for moving heavy loads by hand or for tightening wire

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Idioms and Phrases

Accompany or go with someone. For example, Are you coming along with us today? [Late 1600]

Advance toward a goal, make progress, as in How are you coming along with your piano lessons?

Appear or materialize, as in I'm hoping another offer will come along soon .

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The sort of inward investment he promised doesn't come along every day.

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"They came along, put traffic lights on, dug a hole, scratched their heads and went away and it's been pouring out ever since."

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"He's more obedient than a dog... If only more of these dumb ones come along," boasts a woman in a new video game that has fuelled a debate on sexism in China.

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“If that merger went dead, I don’t know if anyone would have come along and bought the whole company.”

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Getting rid of Islamic rule won’t change this dynamic; it is almost sure to guarantee that something worse will come along, sending Iranian politics in unexpected and more corrosive directions.

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