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come along

— phrasal verb with come uk ​ /kʌm/ us ​ /kʌm/ verb came, come

(ARRIVE)

B2 to arrive or appear at a place:

Go now and I'll come along later.
You wait half an hour for a bus, then three come along at once!

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(GO WITH SOMEONE)

B1 to go somewhere with someone:

We're going to the cinema. Do you want to come along?

› UK used to tell someone to hurry:

Come along - we don't want to be late!

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(EXIST)

C2 to start to exist:

I gave up climbing when my first child came along.

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(Definition of “come along” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"come along" in American English

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come along

— phrasal verb with come us ​ /kʌm/ verb past tense came /keɪm/ , past participle come

› to advance or improve:

How’s your English coming along?

(Definition of “come along” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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