go_along
has definitions from the field of work
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[ verb ] (work) cooperate or pretend to cooperate
Synonyms Examples "He decided to play long with the burglars for the moment" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)`` They can be going_along , doing little damage , then bang , bang - they can hit a_couple_of passes on you for touchdowns and put you in_trouble '' . (Chicago Daily Tribune...)That_is , when Mr._Milstein thrust straight to the core of the music , sparks flying , bow shredding , violin singing , glittering and sometimes spitting , Mr._Hendl could go_along . Related terms |
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[ verb ] continue a certain state, condition, or activity
Examples "Keep on working!" "We continued to work into the night" "Keep smiling" "We went on working until well past midnight" Used in print (Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)He improvised as he went_along , completing a life-size clay figure , then bought yards of an inexpensive material from a draper , wet the lightweight cloth in a basin and covered it over with clay that Argiento brought from the bank of the Tiber , to the consistency of thick mud . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)Well , the odious little toad went_along chivying animals and humans who could n't retaliate , and in_due_course , as was inevitable , overreached himself . Related terms discontinue act hold ride run_on continue continue lengthiness |
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