GOING ALONG Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

going along

verb

present participle of go along

as in progressing

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

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Recent Examples of going along Apple and Google have been criticized for going along with those changes on their maps. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026 There is a chance that's the case, but where's the sense of adventure in going along with headstands being a part of the process? — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2026 The district plan also includes unpaid furlough days for workers, but employees unions so far are not going along. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026 People had expectations of Mike Myers, because of SNL and Wayne’s World — not everybody was going along with this idea of the bad teeth, hairy body and taking the piss out of Bond. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026 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 Humor and satire comprise a good portion of #MuseumTok posts, with major cultural institutions going along for the ride. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 Some restaurants aren’t going along with it, however. — Jenna Thompson april 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026 But Wojcik said Connecticut cannot count on federal Medicaid administrators, who most approve any changes to states’ provider tax systems, going along with an expansion. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026

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Symptoms, which can take up to two months to develop, may include headache, nausea and sore throat before progressing to hallucinations, delusions, disorientation, paralysis and coma.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Conference season gives management teams a chance to update investors on how the quarter is progressing and shape expectations ahead of earnings.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

Trump is proceeding with the construction of his triumphal arch despite lacking federal approval.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
The lawsuit claims Smith and his partners never met the requirements for securing government funding and repeatedly made excuses for why the project wasn't proceeding or stopped responding to requests.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of proceeding

Verb

After going behind early to a Kai Havertz goal, PSG had to remain patient, before gradually asserting their authority in the contest.

— Tom Burrows, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The whole thing was essentially an American Cadillac crossed with an Italian coachbuilt exotic, at a time when Detroit was already going completely bonkers with automotive excess.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

Eno Sarris checks in and says progress is coming along nicely.

— Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
His football endurance might still be coming along; his football instincts might still be creeping back; his contact-balance is still a skill that needs to be strengthened after years of atrophy.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of coming along

Verb

Wednesday is no different, with crude prices marching back towards triple digits and inflation sirens ringing from Beijing to London to Washington.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Zelenskiy attended the funeral of King Harald V of Norway on Wednesday, marching behind his coffin along with other heads of state in central Oslo.

— Gwladys Fouche, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

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Single-Node Contention Under Concurrent Agent Queries A distributed, scale-out architecture spreads those concurrent operations across many nodes, so adding agents means adding capacity rather than going off a cliff.

— Gopi Duddi, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Tadej Pogačar continued his impressive run at the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday, winning the sixth stage after going off track and nearly crashing on a quick descent.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of going off

Verb

Earlier in the year, the Yankees viewed Jones as a platoon bat, with nearly the entirety of his playing time coming against right-handers.

— Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Large numbers of Canadian snowbirds typically flock to warm-weather locations in Florida, Arizona and California when temperatures drop at home, making the coming months a test of whether the grassroots boycott will extend into another winter.

— Rio Yamat, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

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