Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb go_along

3 senses of go along

Sense 1
play along, go along -- (cooperate or pretend to cooperate; "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment")
       => collaborate, join forces, cooperate, get together -- (work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group")

Sense 2
continue, go on, proceed, go along, keep -- (continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight")
       => act, move -- (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel")

Sense 3
elapse, lapse, pass, slip by, glide by, slip away, go by, slide by, go along -- (pass by; "three years elapsed")
       => advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on -- (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on")

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