come along

What does "come along" mean?

1. To accompany someone somewhere
2. To make progress; to improve
3. To appear or become available unexpectedly
4. Used to hurry someone up

Examples

• Would you like to come along to the concert with us?
• How's your project coming along?
• A great opportunity came along just when I needed it.
• Come along, children! We're going to be late for school.
• My English is really coming along since I started practicing daily.

How to use it

'How's it coming along?' is a friendly way to ask about progress. 'Come along!' can encourage someone to hurry or join you.

Similar expressions

Opposites

Related phrasal verbs

• come up

  To be mentioned or discussed

• come across

  To find something or meet someone by chance

• come back

  To return to a place

• come out

  To become known or revealed

• come over

  To visit someone's home

• come in

  To enter a room, building, or place