be along en · VERB
Meanings
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To arrive.
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:I expect John will be along soon.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| being along | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| been along | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| was along | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| is along | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |