as in to progress
to move forward along a course
everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered
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Recent Examples of go along
Mom went along with the idea initially, and agreed to move.
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Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
As the summer went along, everyone else started to see that as well.
—Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 5 Dec. 2024
John Steinbeck, a year away from his Nobel Prize in literature, went along for the ride.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Nov. 2024
Antisemitism often goes along with anti-democratic movements.
—Joan Solomon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
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Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
As the summer went along, everyone else started to see that as well.
—Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 5 Dec. 2024
John Steinbeck, a year away from his Nobel Prize in literature, went along for the ride.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 Nov. 2024
Antisemitism often goes along with anti-democratic movements.
—Joan Solomon, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go along
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Those questions only intensified as the summer progressed.Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Dec. 2024
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As the winter storm progresses, more updates are expected from local authorities to guide residents and travelers through potentially dangerous conditions.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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But making homemade eggnog that’s safe is easier said than done.Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Television—as noise, as news, as something to do instead of killing yourself—stalks the text of this lyric, undermining the poetic form’s association with idyll.The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
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What happens to Social Security and Medicare? Both retirement and disability benefits proceed without interruptions.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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The bill will proceed to the U.S. House next before potentially heading to President Joe Biden’s desk.Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 18 Dec. 2024
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Zoom out: Cleveland, meanwhile, is marching onward with its $440 million lakefront development plan, including a pedestrian bridge from downtown to the current stadium site.Sam Allard, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
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Just before practice ended, the gates to the field swung open and the USC band, led by the song girls, marched in playing the school’s fight song.Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Did Dylan and Baez not get along on their joint tour?Brady Gerber, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Our capacity for endless conflict may be just as much a part of our inheritance as is our ability, every now and then, to get along.Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Joe came along in the 1960s as well - and in some households, was a frequent boyfriend of Barbie.Dawn Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 Dec. 2024
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The buggy was a very basic wooden set-up, and the bumpy dirt road meant some sore rear ends, but my kids enjoyed it, and the two guides who came along with us were excellent.Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2024
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The cases, brought by 60 men and 60 women, span incidents going as far back as 1991.Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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The lead characters are well-cast across the board, with Chase and McDonough especially effective as complex, unpredictable characters whose sporadic conflicts go a long way toward developing a rooting interest in both men.Joe Leydon, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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The puck went off the inside of his leg and beat Jake Oettinger.Joe Smith, The Athletic, 28 Dec. 2024
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The shock of fireworks going off all at once makes matters worse, Bernal said, and dogs with past trauma may associate loud noises with pain.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Go along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20along. Accessed 1 Jan. 2025.
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