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 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 So instead of going along with the federal government’s new National Voter Registration Act, state legislators followed the recommendation of Idaho’s top election officials and scrambled for a way out. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2026 Most favor nation status, going along those lines, a major step forward. — March 8, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026 Advertisement Detective Park is forced to decide between telling the truth and risk letting a killer go free, and going along with a lie that will lead to that killer’s likely imprisonment. — Kayti Burt, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for going along
  1. progressing
  2. doing
  3. proceeding
  4. going
  5. coming along
  6. marching
  7. going off
  8. coming
Verb
  • Cooperating for the benefit of our families, our communities and our cities, states and nation is what’s kept us progressing as a society.
    — Kirk McClure, Fortune, 14 July 2026
  • Interior Secretary Doug Burgum recently offered insight into the project, describing the work as progressing quickly.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of progressing
Verb
  • An easy way to keep your bones strong is doing weight-bearing exercises.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 16 July 2026
  • One household’s squeeze may look nothing like its neighbor’s, but trace each far enough back and the same few fractures are doing the work.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of doing
Verb
  • In your first week or two, aim to have the agent reliably and consistently produce a few high-quality articles before proceeding to scale.
    — Thenuka Karunaratne, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The legal battle over state regulation of prediction markets is proceeding at various district courts and circuit appeals courts around the US.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2026
Definition of proceeding
Verb
  • The annual ESPYs kept the Knicks’ NBA Championship celebration going Wednesday with performances by four New York rap legends.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
  • Also on the Yankee Stadium stage on July 12, a shirtless Usher gets the crowd going during Jay-Z’s concert.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Definition of going
Verb
  • Stratton is coming along as a performer.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • The Blackhawks’ forwards seem to be coming along.
    — Scott Powers, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Definition of coming along
Verb
  • Troops from around Europe are marching On the ground, the parade opened with around 500 troops from the ″coalition of the willing″ grouping of countries that have pledged to help with Ukraine’s postwar security.
    — Eva van Dam, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Another term for a certain kind of planetary alignment, planet parades are what happens when planets line up along the ecliptic in a straight line and appear to us on Earth to be marching across the night sky, according to NASA.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of marching
Verb
  • Freeman hit a solo homer in the sixth — a moon shot that sailed higher than the fireworks going off in the neighborhoods around Dodger Stadium.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • BioShocking nonetheless surfaces yet another way to defeat guardrails designed to keep LLMs from going off the rails.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026
Definition of going off
Verb
  • Beyond California, scientists are raising alarms over the planet’s warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase temperatures for land dwellers in the coming weeks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Over the coming days, he is expected to meet with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss Russia's war.
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of coming

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“Going along.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/going%20along. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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