go along
verb
went along; gone along; going along; goes along
1
: to move along : proceed
How is the project going along?
He made it up as he went along.
2
: to go or travel as a companion
I asked if I could go along with them.
3
: to act in cooperation or express agreement
go along with the crowd
4
: to be part of something
the top job and all the stress that goes along with it
Examples of go along in a Sentence
everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered
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Ultimately, a divided committee mostly went along with Grow and Tanner and voted 14-6 to approve 4% total budget cuts in fiscal year 2026, which ends in June, and 13-7 to approve 5% total cuts in fiscal year 2027.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
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—Mukala Kabongo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
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Jelena Kecmanovic, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Ultimately, a divided committee mostly went along with Grow and Tanner and voted 14-6 to approve 4% total budget cuts in fiscal year 2026, which ends in June, and 13-7 to approve 5% total cuts in fiscal year 2027.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
Instead, the buyers went along with it.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Shy Babb put together another double-double with 19 points to go along with 14 rebounds, while fellow senior Deshawn Rucker scored all 15 of his points in the second half and Reynolds added 14 points.
—Mukala Kabongo, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Go along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20along. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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