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
  • But officials need confidence in the Raptor engine’s ability to reignite in the airless vacuum of space before proceeding to an orbital flight.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
  • Beyond that 28-day period, any effort to block the merger would need to be accomplished by a judge granting a preliminary injunction, a more comprehensive ban on proceeding with the deal.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 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
  • It's been feared, worried about, and at times cursed out, but the closure is here, and progress is coming along.
    — Chris Hoffman, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Stratton is coming along as a performer.
    — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 26 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
  • None of it requires banning a single drug, but just enough friction, at enough points in the system, that staying on treatment becomes harder than going off it.
    — Sunny Patel, STAT, 17 July 2026
  • There were fireworks going off over our heads, and Kenny Loggins was singing.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 16 July 2026
Definition of going off
Verb
  • There were concerns about the USA’s toxic political environment keeping many of the international visitors from coming for the tournament.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Warnings of extreme storms and resultant flooding, erosion and widespread damage abound, along with growing lists of how to prepare for coming turbulent weather.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
Definition of coming

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