go along

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go along (with someone/something)

to accept something someone else wants. The agreement will make them the highest-paid pilots in the industry, if union members go along. The president has announced a plan to cut taxes, and Congress is likely to go along with it.

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"Yes, go along, go along, and I'll come to you directly," said Sergey Ivanovitch, shaking his head as he looked at his brother. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context But the hired man, though seldom loth to accept a meal not included in his wages, opened his stiff jaws to answer slowly: "I'm obliged to you, but I guess I'll go along back. Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context "There, there, lovey," the old man whispered comfortingly, "we'll be all alone on the stage, and we'll talk things over 's we go along the road an' mebbe they won't look so bad. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context More results

References in classic literature

"Yes, go along, go along, and I'll come to you directly," said Sergey Ivanovitch, shaking his head as he looked at his brother.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

But the hired man, though seldom loth to accept a meal not included in his wages, opened his stiff jaws to answer slowly: "I'm obliged to you, but I guess I'll go along back.

Ethan Frome by Wharton, Edith View in context

"There, there, lovey," the old man whispered comfortingly, "we'll be all alone on the stage, and we'll talk things over 's we go along the road an' mebbe they won't look so bad.

Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context

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