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to cruise along

to cruise along

4 3.5
Travel slowly and easily along a road or river for pleasure
  • phrasal verb
  • /kruːz əˈlɔːŋ/
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  • On a relaxing Sunday afternoon, we decided to cruise along the coast, taking in the beautiful scenery.
  • a car cruising along
  • cruised along the road
  • cruised along the coast

Like you can just, I mean, I'm in fourth gear cruising along here and even that, oh man, this thing is just fast.

Examples

  • Milwaukee's premier guard was cruising along through the first third of the lockout-shortened 2011-12 season.

    Blog text (34)

  • The Mutt Cutt van is on the road again, cruising along.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • We were still up pretty high, and the plane was just cruising along.

    Passengers (2008)

  • Okay, so, I'll be your guide today as we cruise along the great Plummerville lakes.

    Nobody 2 (2025)

  • Alex and Nick are cruising along salt flats.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Today, we expected our first landing in the Northeast Greenland National Park after cruising along the ice edge for a longer time.

    Blog text (30)

  • A pickup roars past, cruising along with its radio loud and windows rolled down.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Harrison had been cruising along, retiring 10 straight batters before running into trouble in the fifth.

    Blog text (3)

  • Junior setter Lauren White added 33 assists, and the Shorewomen cruised along to even their record at 2-2.

    Blog text (5)

  • Gary, the driver, took him up Sunset, got him a Spago pizza take-out, and cruised along the strip pointing out the nightlife.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

to cruise
vsto cruise along
108 3.2

To travel at a steady, relaxed speed to enjoy the view

moves along with a relaxed pace specifically along a route for pleasure
to take a ride
vsto cruise along
56 1.9

To go for a short drive to have fun and relax

moves along a route at a relaxed pace, emphasizing leisure rather than necessity
to cruise around
vsto cruise along
12 4.1

To drive slowly around an area without a specific destination

travels along a defined route at a leisurely pace for pleasure
to travel along
vsto cruise along
10 1.6

To go along a road or path

moves along at a leisurely pace specifically for pleasure or relaxation
to tootle along
vsto cruise along
  • UK
1 7.9

To go slowly and enjoy the journey

moves along in a relaxed way but usually follows a route for pleasure

Antonyms

to hurry
∞ 1.0

To move or act quickly because there is little time

to race
91 1.0

To move or work very quickly to reach a goal

How Fast

to coast
26 2.5
to cruise along
4 3.5

Surface Forms

cruise along infinitive
cruised along past
cruised along past participle
cruising along present participle
cruises along third person singular

Morphology

cruise + along

The meaning 'to travel at a leisurely pace along a route' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'cruise' (move at a steady relaxed speed) with 'along' (following a route or direction). This straightforward motion verb + directional element pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand the expression.

Etymology

Cruise along comes from the image of a ship or car moving smoothly down a river or road; cruise means to move without hurry and along shows the route, so it now means 'to travel slowly and enjoy the journey'.