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come along

verb

(intr, adverb) to progress
how's your French coming along?
1. hurry up!
2. make an effort!

noun

informal��a hand tool consisting of a ratchet lever, cable, and pulleys, used for moving heavy loads by hand or for tightening wire

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Idioms and Phrases

Accompany or go with someone. For example, Are you coming along with us today? [Late 1600]

Advance toward a goal, make progress, as in How are you coming along with your piano lessons?

Appear or materialize, as in I'm hoping another offer will come along soon .

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There's a feeling in Brazil that the boy from the countryside of Sao Paulo may be something else, the kind of player that comes along once a decade and seems destined to the very top.

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"Books like this don't come along every day," she said.

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“Making sure that they are able to come along for the ride and see Soul and Smoke at every stage is really important to us.”

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"Is it just 'Kyra was unlawfully killed' and then the next child who comes along, she'll be unlawfully killed as well, and these places can still operate?"

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But fellow shark movie connoisseurs know that it’s not enough to wait for a good film to come along.

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come-all-ye come a long way

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