Coming along meaning in English

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Definition

(the project) is coming along: (the project) is progressing, advancing, moving forwards idiom
Your English is coming along! Last time that we spoke you barely knew how to say "my name is Horatio"!
-How are things coming along? -Very well: the project should be finished earlier than planned.
-How's your Gymglish coming along? -Great! I'm learning very quickly.
Do you want to come along?: Do you want to come with me? Do you want to accompany me? idiom
Come along!: Hurry up, let's go! idiom

Examples

  • "The Queen : Anyway come along."
  • "How is the Simmonds versus Goldberg case coming along?"
  • "Icarus usually comes along and calms them down with percentages and ratios."
  • "Listen, Susie, I wanted to ask you how the new ad campaign is coming along."
  • "How is that coming along, by the way?"
  • "Are you sure you want little Brian coming along for such important negotiations?"
  • "Let me take this opportunity to thank Icarus and his mother for making the effort to come along."
  • "If you want to come along, I can ask them to find a friend for you."
  • "I'm going to do some surfing at Mavericks, and you're welcome to come along."
  • "I'd just like to take this opportunity to thank Icarus and his mother for making the effort to come along."
  • "You're welcome to come along."
  • "Presenter : Every once in a while, a perfume comes along that changes the way we think about perfumes."
  • "Mind if I come along?"
  • "I'm glad you came along Donna."
  • "I'm going dancing later tonight with some friends, would you like to come along?"
  • "Sam : Will your accountant be coming along?"
Exercise 1
True or False? Icarus, Delavigne's accountant, won't attend the meal with Bruno and Sam Shadetree.
True or False? Icarus, Delavigne's accountant, won't attend the meal with Bruno and Sam Shadetree.
Sam asks Bruno if Icarus will be "coming along", which is another way to ask if he will attend, or be present at the meeting. Icarus will not attend the meeting because he is taking care of his mother, who recently had colon surgery.
This statement is not false.
Exercise 2
"How is the Simmonds versus Goldberg case coming along?"

Choose all of the statements which use the phrasal verb to come along correctly.
"How is the Simmonds versus Goldberg case coming along?"

Choose all of the statements which use the phrasal verb to come along correctly.
This is an incorrect choice. One cannot use the term "coming along" to refer to how quickly time is passing. A better choice would be to say "this year is going by so quickly".
This is a correct choice. If someone's French is "(really) coming along", then it is "progressing" well or they are "improving" it. This is the same way as Donna uses the expression in this conversation: Donna asks how Bethany's court case is "coming along", or "progressing".
This is a correct choice. "Are you coming along (to the pub)?" asks someone whether or not they are going to the pub with the speaker. Note that this question indicates that the speaker is going to the pub himself. The phrasal verb "to come along" means "to accompany someone somewhere" in this context. In the dialogue, Donna asks how Bethany's court case is coming along. She is referring to how the court case is progressing.
This is an incorrect choice. "Coming along" cannot be used to describe the improvement of the weather. It makes more sense to say "I hope the weather will improve (or get better) soon".

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