play along
phrasal verb
played along; playing along; plays along
: to agree to do or accept what other people want
They wanted me to cooperate with them, but I refused to play along.
—often + withI refused to play along with their plan.
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But if the White House turns a trade war into an actual in-effect policy stance, the forces on Wall Street may stop playing along.
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Catherine Baab, Quartz, 27 May 2025
The actors who star on those shows mentioned, including Kaitlin Olson, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Sterling K. Brown, joined the two onstage to play along and jokingly shut down any possibilities of the NFL greats joining their series.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 15 May 2025
Citing the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, and Motown as early influences, Rikk would bang his drums while their father strummed along with his acoustic guitar and sometimes improvised songs that Rikk would play along to.
—Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Part of the pleasure of reading detective stories, and of watching them on TV, is the gratification of getting to play along—with the investigation and with the seductive idea that human misdeeds can be definitively understood.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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Catherine Baab, Quartz, 27 May 2025
The actors who star on those shows mentioned, including Kaitlin Olson, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Sterling K. Brown, joined the two onstage to play along and jokingly shut down any possibilities of the NFL greats joining their series.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 15 May 2025
Citing the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, and Motown as early influences, Rikk would bang his drums while their father strummed along with his acoustic guitar and sometimes improvised songs that Rikk would play along to.
—Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
Part of the pleasure of reading detective stories, and of watching them on TV, is the gratification of getting to play along—with the investigation and with the seductive idea that human misdeeds can be definitively understood.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Play along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play%20along. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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