play along
Definition of play 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.
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playplay
: swordplay
: game, sport
: the conduct, course, or action of a game
: to engage in sport or recreation : frolic
: to have sexual relations
: to move aimlessly about : trifle
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alongplay
: in a line matching the length or direction of
: at a point or points on
: in the course of
: forward, on
: from one to another
: in company : as a companion
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