You just happen to come along after they have done the dirty work.
My two elder brothers, overhearing the story, and I think sensing something exciting, wanted to come along, too.
So I certainly will consider television roles as they come along, absolutely.
The landlords are hoping for a Bank of America or Starbucks to come along able to pay the $40,000-a-month rent.
So all of a sudden the two of you are going to come along and do it.
He's getting old, and he's come along into his second childhood.
I certainly did need you to come along right now and set me straight.
come along, Toinette, first of all, let us take all the keys.
"come along," said the impassive Stoliker, taking the handcuffs from his pocket.
"All over, Steve; you can come along," said Max, beckoning toward the other.
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 "to be born," Greek bainein "to go, walk, step," Latin venire "to come").
The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed letters. The practice similarly transformed some, monk, tongue, worm. Modern past tense form came is Middle English, probably from Old Norse kvam, replacing Old English cuom.
Remarkably productive with prepositions (NTC's "Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs" lists 198 combinations); consider the varied senses in come to "regain consciousness," come over "possess" (as an emotion), come at "attack," come on (interj.) "be serious," and come off "occur." For sexual senses, see cum.
noun
(also cum) Semen, or any fluid secreted at orgasm (1920s+)
verb
To have an orgasm; ejaculate semen (1650+)
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