Synonyms for came along

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhm

Phonetic Transcription : kʌm

Définition of came along

Origin : 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.

verb progress, develop

Example sentences :

Presently the gardener's boy from Mrs. Menotti's came along.
Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri

They came along the valley from the east and out from among the hills to the south.
Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall

Fortunately it happened that I came along not five minutes after he'd carried you off.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

They got out of his way when he came along; nor did the boldest of them ever dare to rob him of his meat.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

And I came along faster when the war gave me an opportunity to show what I could do.
Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

It was not, indeed, until the fourth night of waiting that Plexo came along.
Extract from : « The Cat of Bubastes » by G. A. Henty

I brought some with me, and just got through eating it when you came along.
Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger

There, that's the document that came along with my trunks, and I have never heard from her since.'
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

I told them that you were making up your mind and I came along just then.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

Is n't my heart lighter than when I came along this morning?
Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

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