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

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The House passed bills in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to lower the minimum age to 18, but the Senate did not go along. —Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025

Even if the bill passes the House, there is no guarantee that Senate Republicans will go along. —Kevin Freking, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025

House Republicans pledged to pass a resolution repealing that provision, but there's no guarantee of that or that the Senate will go along. —Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 15 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