GO ALONG
Dictionary entry overview: What does go along mean?
• GO ALONG (verb)
The verb GO ALONG has 3 senses:
1. cooperate or pretend to cooperate
2. continue a certain state, condition, or activity
3. pass by
Familiarity information: GO ALONG used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GO ALONG (verb)
Meaning:
Cooperate or pretend to cooperate
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
play along; go along
Context example:
He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment
Hypernyms (to "go along" is one way to...):
collaborate; cooperate; get together; join forces (work together on a common enterprise of project)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Continue a certain state, condition, or activity
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
continue; go on; go along; keep; proceed
Context examples:
Keep on working! / We continued to work into the night / Keep smiling / We went on working until well past midnight
Hypernyms (to "go along" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go along"):
hold (remain in a certain state, position, or condition)
keep going; run on (continue uninterrupted)
ride (continue undisturbed and without interference)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Meaning:
Pass by
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
elapse; slip by; slide by; go by; glide by; slip away; go along; pass; lapse
Context example:
three years elapsed
Hypernyms (to "go along" is one way to...):
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go along"):
fell; fly; vanish (pass away rapidly)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
