play along
phrasal 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 + withI refused to play along with their plan.
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Leslie played along, pretending to be a klutz who liked being harshed by a pre-school kid.
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Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
By this point, he’s created his own rules for the show, and the audience and host are just playing along.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Not that Counsell was particularly interested in playing along with that storyline.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The oldest vice, which is the root of so many others, is the cowardice involved in lying to ourselves, refusing to face difficult truths—and pressuring others to play along.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Noor Hassan, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
By this point, he’s created his own rules for the show, and the audience and host are just playing along.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Not that Counsell was particularly interested in playing along with that storyline.
—Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 18 June 2025
The oldest vice, which is the root of so many others, is the cowardice involved in lying to ourselves, refusing to face difficult truths—and pressuring others to play along.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for play along
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“Play along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/play%20along. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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