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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Block 59/Westridge Court More development is progressing at Naperville’s Block 59 dining and entertainment complex.

— Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
The male cub is progressing well, feeding and adding weight as they are cared for in the zoo’s animal hospital.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of progressing

Verb

The answers offer the latest sign that Raman has been proceeding with caution on some of the DSA’s litmus test issues.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Even where data centers are proceeding at a robust clip and creating the most jobs public opinion has turned against them.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of proceeding

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But this is Mahomes, Kelce, Jones and coach Andy Reid coming to town with three Super Bowls under their belt and a determination to return to contending form early this season after going 6-11 last year.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Dramatic cuffs added more angles to the look, while the buttons going undone at the waist created a touch of tension that transitioned to Edgar-Jones’ skirt.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of going

Verb

Daylen Lile, Jacob Young and Andrew Alvarez are coming along as strong secondary pieces.

— Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 16 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

The Knights found their stride after the interception, marching down the field for 44 yards and relying on their ground game, with Watson, Landen Chambers, and Jenkins sharing the load.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Rutgers, with just a single yard of total offense to that point, woke up, marching 75 yards in response.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of marching

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Most bears stay with their mothers for two to three summers before going off on their own.

— Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2026
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

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