go along

verb

went along; gone along; going along; goes along

intransitive verb

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

Synonyms

• advance
• come
• come along
• do
• fare
• forge
• get along
• get on
• go
• go off
• march
• pace
• proceed
• progress

Examples of go along in a Sentence

everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered

Recent Examples on the Web

Crow-Armstrong didn’t quite go along with that theory, but his confidence is obvious. —Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025

The senior finished with a program-record 2,058 career points, averaging 27.1 points to go along with 7.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 3.4 steals per contest. —Brian Roach, Boston Herald, 13 Apr. 2025

Points that needed to be elaborated on more as the process went along but, alas, weren’t. —Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2025

June did not wither when patronized by Lawrence, though, and as the friendship between Moss and Whitford deepened, so did the relationship between the handmaid and the commander, which was being written as the show went along. —Trish Deitch, Variety, 8 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for go along

• evensong
• livelong
• overlong
• vietcong
• agung
• belong
• birdsong
• furlong
• headlong
• headstrong
• lifelong
• plainsong