go along

verb

went along; gone along; going along; goes along

intransitive verb

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

Synonyms of go along

• progress
• do
• proceed
• march
• get along
• come along
• come
• go
• go off

Examples of go along in a Sentence

everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered

Recent Examples on the Web

There was a 4-foot-high river going along the side of the house. —MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025

Arizona, however, did not go along with the trends. —Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025

Certainly, the Broncos would like to feel comfortable divvying up the backfield work more evenly between Dobbins and Harvey as the season goes along to keep Dobbins, who hasn’t played more than 13 games in a season since 2020, fresh for another three months. —Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 27 Oct. 2025

Ausar Thompson notched a season-high 19 points to go along with four assists, nailed his first 3 of the year and was aggressive from the opening tip. —Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 25 Oct. 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