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

Ever since the top two seeds reached the state final in 2022, not much has gone along with what’s expected in the Div. —Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 14 Mar. 2026

She has been increasingly stressed out as her shift has gone along. —Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026

That doesn’t mean that there won’t be disagreements or that Albany has to go along with everything Mamdani hopes to do, but mayoral control is absolutely crucial to the cornerstone effort to expand pre-K for 2- and 3-year-olds, something that everyone seems on board with. —New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026

Junior Nasir Whitlock had a team-high 18 points to go along with four assists and three rebounds. —Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026

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