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be along

be along verb: to arrive.

Verb

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

  1. To arrive.
    • I expect John will be along soon.
    • 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

Forms of be along

third-person singular presentis along
present participlebeing along
pastwas along
past participlebeen along

Questions about be along

What does be along mean?
Be along means to arrive.
What part of speech is be along?
Be along is a verb.
What is the past tense of be along?
The past tense of be along is was along.

Words near be along in the dictionary

  1. be able to count on one's fingers
  2. be about
  3. be aces with
  4. be ages with
  5. be all about
  6. be along
  7. be another thing
  8. be around
  9. be ashamed
  10. be at the plague
  11. be awake

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