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come along

verb
  1. To accompany. (intransitive) · I'd like you to come along with me to the opera.
  2. To arise, appear (make an appearance), come into being. (intransitive) · When the telephone first came along, it was mostly just for businesses and rich people, but eventually almost everyone got one.
  3. To progress; to make progress; to quicken. (intransitive) · The renovation is coming along nicely, and should be ready within a month.
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Bagheera would lie out on a branch and call, “Come along, Little Brother,” and at first Mowgli would cling like the sloth, but afterward he would fling himself through the branches almost as boldly as the gray ape.
The Jungle Book, p. 13 · B2
“Come along.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 15 · C1
“Come along, Toto,” she said.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 13 · B2
“I might have stood there always if you had not come along,” he said; “so you have certainly saved my life.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 27 · B2

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