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 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

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Verb

Lowering blood pressure — along with regular monitoring — can keep the disease from progressing.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Club sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships, say the attacking midfielder is progressing well, having been impressed by his work ethic and approach to recovery.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

Alvin Kan, chief operating officer of Bitget Wallet, said on the On The Margin podcast that freelancers and remote workers already treat a self-custody crypto wallet as a place to keep working capital, and that the share doing so is growing.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
At times, he was seen doing stretches, eating food, peering out the windows with binoculars and listening to music with headphones.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

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In its 4-3 decision, the court rejected a lower court decision that prevented Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel from proceeding with a probe that began four years ago.

— Ed Silverman, STAT, 2 Aug. 2026
Hudson then called Wells’ mother Christine, who hadn’t heard from her son either, before proceeding to call the Coast Guard.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Definition of proceeding

Verb

For one thing, going from lush period imagination to realist contemporary drama was a big leap by design.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Crimes against society, including prostitution, drug and weapons offenses, decreased slightly, going from 278 incidents last year to 227 incidents so far this year.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of going

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Students at Willa Cather Elementary School hold their fists up to protest school closures as thousands gather at Union Park before marching to Grant Park for the May Day march on May 1, 2025, in Chicago.

— Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
But the images of young Moroccans marching up the shoreline, ditching inflatable tubes along their way, have forced Europe into a debate over how countries can manage migration humanely while maintaining control of their borders.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of marching

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Kanan’s really going off into the deep end because there’s nobody left to help him or protect him.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 July 2026
That included a tank chase shot largely on a street in Glasgow, Scotland, on the first day of filming, complete with a rig that let an actor swing with explosions going off behind him.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Definition of going off

Verb

Military analysts believe these capabilities will shape the future of air combat over the coming decades.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
In making decisions, teams figure to factor the NCAA's coming appeal of Sweeney's order and whether to risk bringing back players who could then be declared ineligible if her decision is overturned.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

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