go along with

idiom

1
: to go or travel with (someone)
They were going to the fair so I asked whether I could go along with them.
2
: to agree to do or accept (what other people want)
We tried to convince him to support us but he refused to go along with us.
He refused to go along with our plan.
3
: to be part of (something)
If I want the job I have to accept the stress that goes along with it.

Examples of go along with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Quinn had a game-best eight tackles to go along with one interception. Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2023 Nikola Jokic punched out a career playoff-high 53 points to go along with 11 assists in a losing effort, but Shamet was the X-factor Sunday. Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 7 May 2023 Perhaps my soft spot was a blind spot for yours truly, because RITM had a rough go along with the rest of its peers: Remember, these are total returns, which include dividends. Brett Owens, Forbes, 4 May 2023 He’s now established himself as the team’s lead receiver with 260 receptions for 3,396 yards and 20 touchdowns in his first three seasons to go along with a Pro Bowl appearance. David Moore, Dallas News, 28 Apr. 2023 That could certainly go along with a diagnosis of MAC infection. Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023 In 2022, the band -- which has since the mid ‘90s featured Doug Wimbish on bass, to go along with classic members Reid, Glover and Skillings – performed at Brazil’s huge Rock in Rio music festival with guitar virtuoso Steve Vai sitting in as their special guest. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 19 Mar. 2023 Erdogan didn’t go along with that approach for long. Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2023 Yet the controversial Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997 to further that objective, was crippled from the outset when the United States declined to go along with it. IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023

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“Go along with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20along%20with. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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