be along

verb

To arrive.

“I expect John will be along soon.”

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Meanings

verbbe along (third-person singular simple present is along, present participle being along, simple past was along, past participle been along)

present singular third person is along · participle present being along · past was along · participle past been along

  1. To arrive.

    I expect John will be along soon.

    1 more example

    On Professor Solanka’s street, well-heeled white youths lounged in baggy garments on roseate stoops, stylishly simulating indigence while they waited for the billionairedom that would surely be along sometime soon.

    2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4
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