GO ALONG Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

go along

verb

Definition of go along

as in to progress

to move forward along a course everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered

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Recent Examples of go along California settled the lawsuit last month, and the other states involved went along with the compromise. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 6 Oct. 2026 Back then, with no off-ramp in sight in the Middle East, oil was marching higher, stoking inflation fears, and bond yields went along for the ride. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Once completed, the BRT project will go along East Colfax from Broadway to I-225. — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Encounter turns threatening When the food-truck operator did not go along with the demand, the encounter became more menacing, according to investigators. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for go along

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Completing the flight test just weeks after a captive-carry event demonstrated how quickly the program progressed through its testing sequence.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
As work at the track progressed, one urgent mitigation project upriver lagged.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of progress

Verb

PhotoTat can have additional practical applications, including for medical tattoos like those done on cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy.

— Devika Rao, TheWeek, 19 Oct. 2026
OpenAI has reportedly floated the idea of giving the government up to a 5% stake in the company and suggested other leading AI companies do the same.

— Sarah Cannon, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of do

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During captive-carry testing, engineers can assess equipment carried by an aircraft before proceeding to more demanding flight demonstrations.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Already postponed 24 hours, the invasion proceeded in the face of rough seas, strong winds, and low visibility in order to seize a small window in time of enormous consequence.

— Marc E. Andersen, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of proceed

Verb

After recording a safety, K-State accepted the football and marched 41 yards in eight plays, but had to settle for a 28-yard field goal by Rodriguez.

— Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Why is the team of robots working hard one moment, and marching in formation the next?

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of march

Verb

If something safer or better comes along, use it without rebuilding around another provider.

— Doug Shannon, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The idea is that The Webster can come along with a much more fun, vibrant, creative, inspirational environment, with an amazing creative brand mix, and bring a lot of these luxury brands to regions where they may have been neglected in the past.

— Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of come along

Verb

The post came roughly seven hours after Anthropic's Sunday announcement.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of come

Verb

Jayaprakash told Fortune that most of the new money will go toward purchasing more computing power.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Bauers and his wife, Lauren Bauers, sat down with ABC News’ Will Reeve to discuss his journey, going from nearly walking away from professional baseball in 2024 to being named the National League Championship Series MVP last week.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

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