'come along' definitions:
Definition of 'come along'
(from WordNet)
verb
Come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; "Then the computer came along and changed our lives"; "Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago" [syn: appear, come along] [ant: disappear, vanish]
verb
Develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school"; "My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn: progress, come on, come along, advance, get on, get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde, retrogress]
Synonyms of 'come along'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- ameliorate,
- amend,
- appear,
- approach,
- arise,
- be found,
- be so,
- be such,
- bechance,
- befall,
- betide,
- betray itself,
- chance,
- clear,
- clear the hurdle,
- come,
- come forth,
- come into being,
- come into existence,
- come on,
- come out,
- come through,
- come to hand,
- come to light,
- contrive,
- cover ground,
- crop up,
- cut the mustard,
- develop,
- discover itself,
- do well,
- draw on,
- engineer,
- enjoy prosperity,
- fare,
- farewell,
- gain,
- gain ground,
- gather head,
- gather way,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get by,
- get on,
- get on swimmingly,
- get on well,
- go,
- go ahead,
- go along,
- go fast,
- go forward,
- go on,
- go well,
- graduate,
- grow better,
- hack it,
- hang out,
- hap,
- happen,
- happen along,
- happen by chance,
- hazard,
- improve,
- look up,
- make good time,
- make head against,
- make headway,
- make it,
- make out,
- make progress,
- make progress against,
- make strides,
- make the grade,
- make up leeway,
- manage,
- manage somehow,
- materialize,
- meliorate,
- mend,
- move,
- move forward,
- muddle through,
- negotiate,
- pass along,
- pass on,
- perk up,
- pick up,
- pop up,
- present itself,
- proceed,
- progress,
- prosper,
- put over,
- put through,
- roll,
- scrape along,
- shape up,
- show improvement,
- show up,
- skyrocket,
- spring up,
- stack up,
- stem,
- step forward,
- succeed,
- succeed in,
- swing,
- swing the deal,
- take off,
- travel,
- turn out,
- turn out well,
- turn up,
- worry along