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

His shoulders start to lean, and soon his entire body is going along for the ride, a roller-coaster rounding the corner into a death plunge. —Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026

With this delivery, SpaceX will assume a larger role in direct combat support to go along with its position as the world’s leading commercial launch provider and satellite manufacturer. —ArsTechnica, 27 May 2026

In handing down Iwamasa’s sentence today, the judge basically went along with the prosecution’s recommendations. —Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 May 2026

An audit showing mismanagement of the program in November spurred the Senate to push for changes to ensure scholarship funds are being paid correctly, but the House wouldn’t go along. —Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 25 May 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