came along

verbprogress, develop

Word Origin & History

Old English cuman "come, approach, land; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom, com, past participle cumen), from Proto-Germanic *kwem- (cf. Old Saxon cuman, Old Frisian kuma, Middle Dutch comen, Dutch komen, Old High German queman, German kommen, Old Norse koma, Gothic qiman), from PIE root *gwa-, *gwem- "to go, come" (cf. Sanskrit gamati "he goes," Avestan jamaiti "goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lithuanian gemu ...

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Example Sentences for came along

Presently the gardener's boy from Mrs. Menotti's came along.

They came along the valley from the east and out from among the hills to the south.

Fortunately it happened that I came along not five minutes after he'd carried you off.

They got out of his way when he came along; nor did the boldest of them ever dare to rob him of his meat.

And I came along faster when the war ...

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verb progress, develop