: a small portable winch usually consisting of a cable attached to a hand-operated ratchet
came along; come along; coming along; comes along
1
: to accompany someone who leads the way
asked me to come along on the trip
2
: to make progress
work is coming along well
3
: to make an appearance
won't just marry the first man that comes along
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our backyard makeover is coming along nicely
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Armed with that information, off-roading is a lot less likely to be marred by choking, toxic smoke that comes along with dangerous levels of combustion if users know which areas to avoid.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Letting Wet Clothes Sit Of course, there’s also the obvious smell factor that comes along with letting your wet laundry sit before moving it to the dryer.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
Instead, it is called D1 and is from wild bird origin, that likely came along the migratory Pacific flyway.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Spirit sought to merge with Frontier in 2022 but called things off when JetBlue came along with a (financially) sweeter courtship.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Armed with that information, off-roading is a lot less likely to be marred by choking, toxic smoke that comes along with dangerous levels of combustion if users know which areas to avoid.
—Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
Letting Wet Clothes Sit Of course, there’s also the obvious smell factor that comes along with letting your wet laundry sit before moving it to the dryer.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2024
Instead, it is called D1 and is from wild bird origin, that likely came along the migratory Pacific flyway.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Come-along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come-along. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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