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

Over time, going along with what others tell you to do can lead to unhappiness and lack of self-identity. —Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Nov. 2025

And Manning has improved as the season has gone along, but he’s hardly played to the level the preseason hype (and his name) would have suggested. —Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025

As the offseason goes along the club will eventually have to start making some tough decisions, so how the Red Sox handle their current 40-man crunch will have a subtle but significant impact on next year’s team. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025

And Mamdani’s promised rent freeze faces multiple hurdles — including the possibility that outgoing Mayor Eric Adams will stack the Rent Guidelines Board with his own appointees who won’t go along with a freeze. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 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