to come along

Examples

• All

• If we act quickly, this kind of opportunity doesn't come along every day.

  Fiction book (1990)

• At any rate, as the summer was coming along, we got little indications.

• And also that is coming along too, yes.

  Stanford

• It's coming along, it's coming along, it's coming along.

• But it is coming along for sure.

• Yay, stuff is coming along now.

• How's it coming along so far?

  Shelby Oaks (2025)

• So how's your writing coming along, are you a poet yet?

  The Laureate (2023)

• But she said it with affection and was plainly happy to come along.

  Fiction book (1995)

• "From what her sister tells me, she's coming along pretty well," Brendon told him.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

C

to come

vsto come along

∞ 1.1

Make progress or improve in a situation

focuses on positive improvement rather than implying success or social harmony

A

to advance

vsto come along

417 3.4

To help something move forward or become better

describes development itself rather than actively causing another thing to improve

G

to get on

vsto come along

• UK

279 3.2

Make progress with a project

is the same in meaning but differs only in phrasing or collocation

P

to progress

vsto come along

209 2.5

Move forward or get better over time

focuses on development without stressing gradual timing or speed

C

to come on

vsto come along

119 3.2

Start to get better

is identical in meaning and differs only in wording or phrasal form

G

to get along

vsto come along

27 2.1

Manage or do well in a situation

leans toward positive development rather than mere coping or staying functional

S

to shape up

vsto come along

23 3.2

Start to get better and more complete

is equivalent in sense but differs only in idiomatic expression

I

improving

vsto come along

1.4

Becoming better over time

refers to the active process of developing and making progress rather than a static state

Antonyms

D

decline

439 3.9

A gradual loss in amount, quality, or value

R

to regress

24 7.5

To return to an earlier, less developed or worse state

How Far

to flourish

116 4.1

to come along

125 2.9

progress

∞ 2.5

to improve

∞ 1.0

to develop

905 1.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology