go along
verb
went along; gone along; going along; goes along
1
: to move along : proceed
2
: to go or travel as a companion
3
: to act in cooperation or express agreement
go along with the crowd
Examples of go along in a Sentence
everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered
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It’s all guaranteed to be bad politics for a President who returned to office on promises of curbing inflation, driving down costs, and fixing Washington—and his fellow party members who are fine going along.
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Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
If Trump wanted to relieve Adams from his criminal indictment, the president could simply have pardoned the mayor, instead his henchman Emil Bove concocted a scheme to temporarily suspend the case against Adams provided the mayor went along with the Trump immigration agenda.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
The emotions that go along with those words range from mildly frustrated to aggravated to downright depressed, and none of that is conducive to your success.
—Joelle Jay, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Lamont tried last year to scale back a planned increase in municipal education grants by $39 million, but legislators wouldn’t go along with it.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
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Philip Elliott, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
If Trump wanted to relieve Adams from his criminal indictment, the president could simply have pardoned the mayor, instead his henchman Emil Bove concocted a scheme to temporarily suspend the case against Adams provided the mayor went along with the Trump immigration agenda.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2025
The emotions that go along with those words range from mildly frustrated to aggravated to downright depressed, and none of that is conducive to your success.
—Joelle Jay, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Lamont tried last year to scale back a planned increase in municipal education grants by $39 million, but legislators wouldn’t go along with it.
—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Go along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20along. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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