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to go along

to go along

144 3.5
To pretend to agree with someone to avoid trouble
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡoʊ əˈlɔŋ/
translation icon : acceder
  • Give me one good reason why I should go along with this.
  • agree to go along
  • willing to go along

And I think that the people would go along instantly.

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Examples

  • I can see it right there because it's unacceptable to go along with the manipulation.

  • Did you get Tom to go along with your little game?

    Enter Nowhere (2015)

  • And the father seems to go along with that.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • I decided to just go along with you guys.

  • Please, you have to go along with it.

    L!fe Happens (2011)

  • The majority of the class went along with this and bought into it.

    Academic text (1992)

  • How did decent people go along with this?

    I've Had It

  • I am going to try my best to go along with what they recommend.

    Academic text (2011)

  • If that's what he wants, is it so hard for us to go along with it?

    Fiction book (1998)

  • I decided to go along with the plan to avoid any arguments.

Synonyms

to cooperate
vsto go along
543 3.3

To work together with other people to reach the same goal

is often a brief or feigned joint effort to avoid conflict
to play along
vsto go along
  • Informal
54 4.2

To agree or pretend to agree to avoid trouble

is temporary and aims to avoid conflict or keep peace
to go along to get along
vsto go along
3 8.2

Agree with others to avoid conflict

is often temporary and aims to avoid conflict

Antonyms

to oppose
∞ 2.9

To be against something and try to stop it

to disagree
∞ 1.0

Have a different opinion from someone

How Cooperative

to comply
332 3.8
to go along
144 3.5
to tolerate
290 3.5
to resist
311 2.2

Surface Forms

go along infinitive
went along past
gone along past participle
going along present participle
goes along third person singular

Morphology

go + along

The sense 'to cooperate or agree (go along with)' is directly derivable from combining 'go' (move/come into a state) with 'along' (together with); the idea of moving or being 'along with' someone naturally extends to agreeing or cooperating. This motion-to-agreement metaphor is common cross-linguistically and would be accessible to an average B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Go along can be pictured as walking beside someone so you do not fight. When you go along with them you accept or pretend to accept their idea, so the phrase means 'to cooperate' or 'to pretend to cooperate'.