come along

phrasal verb intransitive

Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/they	come along
he/she/it	comes along
present participle	coming along
past tense	came along
past participle	come along

1
to arrive, or to become available
He decided to give the money to the first stranger who came along.
He told me to work hard and take every opportunity that comes along.
Synonyms and related words
To arrive in a place, or to enter a place
arrive
enter
reach
2
to go somewhere with someone
I’ve never seen a baseball game – do you mind if I come along?
Synonyms and related words
To go somewhere with someone or something
come
drive
walk
1. 2a
  to go somewhere so that you can be with someone who went there earlier
  Ray had some work to finish and decided to come along later.
  Synonyms and related words
  To arrive in a place, or to enter a place
  arrive
  enter
  reach
3
usually progressiveto make progress, or to get better in quality, skill, or health
The building work was coming along nicely.
be coming along with something:
How’s Kathleen coming along with her swimming?
Synonyms and related words
To make progress, or to achieve something
progress
get on with
get ahead
4
come alongold-fashioned
1. 4a
  used for telling someone in an impatient way to do something quickly
  Come along now, or we’ll be late.
  Synonyms and related words
  Ways of telling someone to hurry
  hurry up
  come on
  get a move on
2. 4b
  old-fashionedused for telling someone that you do not believe or accept what they are saying
  Come along now! It can’t have been as bad as that!
  Synonyms and related words
  Ways of saying that you do not believe something
  are you having a laugh?
  come, come/come now
  a likely story