"be along" meaning in All languages combined

See be along on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: is along [present, singular, third-person], being along [participle, present], was along [past], been along [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|be<is,being,was,been> along}} be along (third-person singular simple present is along, present participle being along, simple past was along, past participle been along)
  1. To arrive.

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "was along",
      "tags": [
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  "senses": [
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        {
          "text": "I expect John will be along soon.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:",
          "text": "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.",
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