You tell someone to come along to encourage them in a friendly way to do something, especially to attend something.
There's a big press launch today and you're most welcome to come along. [VERBPARTICLE]
2. convention
You say 'come along' to someone to encourage them to hurry up, usually when you are rather annoyed with them.
Come along, Osmond. No sense in your standing around. [VERBPARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
When something or someone comes along, they occur or arrive by chance.
I waited a long time until a script came along that I thought was genuinely funny. [VERBPARTICLE]
It was lucky you came along. [VERBPARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
If something is coming along, it is developing or making progress.
The Pentagon spokesperson says talks are coming along quite well. [VERBPARTICLE adverb]
How's Ferguson coming along? [VERBPARTICLE]
More Synonyms of come along
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come along in British English
verb
1. (intr, adverb)
to progress
how's your French coming along?
2. come along!
nouncome-along
3. US and Canadian informal
a hand tool consisting of a ratchet lever, cable, and pulleys, used for moving heavy loads by hand or for tightening wire
come along! in British English
a.
hurry up!
b.
make an effort!
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come along in American English
1.
to appear or arrive
2.
to proceed or succeed
See full dictionary entry for come
Examples of 'come along' in a sentence
come along
Love like this may not come along again.
The Sun (2008)
It is entirely possible that a company with a bigger wallet will come along.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You wait for your chance to come along and you take it.
The Sun (2012)
It is slightly less diplomatic for them to come along and say that yours is rubbish.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The opportunity to get to a major final is not something that comes along very often.
The Sun (2012)
Then the police come along and tell him he could be cautioned.
The Sun (2008)
When the chances come along he keeps his cool and tucks them away really nicely.
The Sun (2013)
Sometimes something comes along at just the right time and captures a mood.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This gruelling sporting discipline came along by chance.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Something always comes along that surprises you.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So we wanted to give the fans a chance to come along and support the team.
The Sun (2009)
And she let him for a while till something else clearly came along.
The Sun (2012)
It is purely and simply not scoring when a chance comes along.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You wait years for a big privatisation to come along, then there are two at once.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
I have learnt that another bus is usually coming along tomorrow.
Thompson, Sir Peter Sharing the Success - the story of NFC (1990)
And this king comes along and says to him: 'What are you doing?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Equally, if another deal comes along, she may decide to sell.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Ally says: 'He came along to give me support and loves the pictures.
The Sun (2013)
If a big, big club comes along, something can happen.
The Sun (2008)
As I say, coming along nicely.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Then the big endowment scare came along, so I cancelled it after only two years.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
If you are going to be a serious Opposition you need to come along and say what are your proposals, how would you pay for them.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You need not exclude possibilities further afield, but wait for them to come along rather than actively chasing them, which can wait until you are more established.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Chinese translation of 'come along'
come along
vi
来(來) (lái)
(= arrive) 不期而至 (bù qī ér zhì)
it was lucky you came along真幸运(運)你来(來)了 (zhēn xìngyùn nǐ lái le)
(= come on the scene) 出现(現) (chūxiàn)
when an exciting new author comes along ... 当(當)一个(個)令人兴(興)奋(奮)的新作家出现(現)时(時) ... (dāng yī gè lìng rén xīngfèn de xīn zuòjiā chūxiàn shí ... )