play along

verb

played along; playing along; plays along

: to agree to do or accept what other people want

They wanted me to cooperate with them, but I refused to play along.

—often + with

I refused to play along with their plan.

Examples of play along in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His Murphy is a complete 180 from that wild-eyed take on the abolitionist John Brown, not to mention a fine addition to the canon of good men who find themselves in bad company and have to navigate, pivot, and play along accordingly. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

Whatever doubts McCartney still harbored disappeared when the four musicians began to play along with the tape of his acoustic solo performance. — Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Huntsinger, playing along with Variety’s should-win/will-win Emmy prediction game, drew a careful line. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026

A lot of the show’s effectiveness had to do with viewers eager to play along. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for play along

• evensong
• livelong
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• vietcong
• agung
• belong
• birdsong
• furlong
• headlong
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• plainsong