COME ALONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does come along mean? 

• COME ALONG (verb)
  The verb COME ALONG has 2 senses:

1. come into being or existence, or appear on the scene

2. develop in a positive way

  Familiarity information: COME ALONG used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COME ALONG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come into being or existence, or appear on the scene

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

appear; come along

Context example:

Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come along"):

gleam (appear briefly)

fulminate (come on suddenly and intensely)

occur (to be found to exist)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Develop in a positive way

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

advance; come along; come on; get along; get on; progress; shape up

Context example:

Plans are shaping up

Hypernyms (to "come along" is one way to...):

develop (grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come along"):

climb (improve one's social status)

leapfrog (progress by large jumps instead of small increments)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

Come along, my dear fellow, for it’s an urgent call.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Now, boy, come along, and show what you can do.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Come along, my dearest Catherine, for heaven's sake, and stand by me.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

But he is dead, and I thought to remain undetected; and now you come along and expose me.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"I might have stood there always if you had not come along," he said; "so you have certainly saved my life. How did you happen to be here?"

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

“I daren’t say, sir,” was the answer; “but will you come along with me and see for yourself?”

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

If we care to sing in tune, we may get up some kind of a concert; so come along with us.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

My title will make it all right with the locksmith, and with any policeman that may come along.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"What have you done anyway that a two-legged other animal should come along, break you to harness, curb all your natural proclivities, and make slave- beasts out of you?"

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“Well, then, come along!” said I.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)