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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- We're going to the swimming pool - you can come along later if you want.
- We were just standing talking when Jamie came along.
- Pete came along in his car and offered us a lift.
- I was waiting at the airport when who should come along but Mr Pettigrew!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Arriving, entering and invading
- annex
- barge
- barge in
- be on the scene idiom
- been
- breaking and entering idiom
- bugger
- go down
- invade
- keep (sb/sth) out
- land
- let
- let sb/sth in
- loom
- pile
- pitch
- pitch invasion
- pitch up
- rock
- roll up! idiom
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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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Taking someone somewhere or telling them the way
- accompany
- bring
- bring sb/sth along
- chaperone
- come
- convoy
- direct
- docent
- drag sb away
- drop
- guide
- lead 1
- see sb off
- shepherd
- show sb around (sth)
- show sb over sth
- show sb round (sth)
- steer
- usherette
- walk
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Expressions telling people to hurry up
(EXIST)
C2 to start to exist:
I gave up climbing when my first child came along.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Existing and being
- account for sth
- alive
- am
- are
- be
- come
- extant
- go
- go back
- have legs idiom
- hood
- languish
- leg
- lie
- lie in sth
- live
- lurk
- obtain
- run
- stalk
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(DEVELOP)
C2 If something is coming along, it is developing or improving:
Hassan's English is really coming along.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Becoming better
- alive
- by/in leaps and bounds idiom
- come alive idiom
- consolidate
- ennoble
- move
- on the up (and up) idiom
- perk
- perk up
- pick
- pickup
- rally
- shape
- straighten up
- turn over a new leaf idiom
- turn sth around
- turn sth round
- turn the corner idiom
- warm
- warm up
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