went along

verb

past tense of go along
as in progressed
to move forward along a course everything was going along swimmingly until you interfered

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Recent Examples of went along But, partly because of his foot issue, his production dipped as the season went along. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 30 July 2026 And just one week before, Vogue went along with Emma for the final fitting of her Monique Lhuillier custom wedding gown and archival after-party dress. — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 26 July 2026 Washington broadly went along with the same logic because the alternative, the total economic isolation of Russia, would have required genuine multilateral coordination with India and China, an outcome that was never politically realistic. — Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 Both sides went along with the judge switch, following a long-standing legal practice of having one judge oversee related cases. — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026 Johns said parents who chose Morrison’s school and went along with her methods were sold lies. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026 Weekly Newsletter All this went along with a view of Buddhism as the polar opposite of the Orientalist image of the passive Asian. — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 July 2026 At the time, PayPal was still a division of eBay (EBAY), and when PayPal was spun off into an independent company in 2015, Venmo went along with it. — Colin Dodds, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 June 2026 In two days, the Legislature largely went along with a plan for dramatically slashing taxes on a homeowner’s primary residence, a primary source to run all 67 counties, 411 cities and more than 2,000 single-purpose special taxing districts. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for went along
  1. progressed
  2. did
  3. proceeded
  4. marched
  5. went
  6. came
  7. came along
  8. went off
Verb
  • As her pregnancy progressed, Kabita’s belly swelled while the rest of her remained gaunt.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • As the condition progressed, however, V eventually looped in doctors, and the singer is now receiving medication and going to the hospital regularly to battle the condition.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of progressed
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of did
Verb
  • Schreiber proceeded to walk Dodgers pinch hitter Kyle Tucker to load the bases.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026
  • This dispute echoes previous conflicts, such as the 2023 API controversy, where Reddit ultimately proceeded with its plans despite widespread moderator protests.
    — Emma Woollacott, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of proceeded
Verb
  • Lang and other anti-Islam protesters marched in Dearborn in November 2025, clashing with counter-protesters and claiming the area is not friendly to those who are non-Muslim.
    — Heath Kalb, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Days later, thousands of grieving students marched through Beijing, calling for a more democratic government in Hu’s honor.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of marched
Verb
  • His scoreless streak then went the way of the Metrodome before recording a single out in Minneapolis.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Even Timmy Chang at Hawaii went 9-4 after three consecutive losing seasons following a program reset.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of went
Verb
  • That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
  • All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 7 Aug. 2025
Definition of came
Verb
  • The duo got engaged after their second baby, daughter Vida, came along.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Our first project with Mary was her book The All Night Movie, which is kind of an autobiography as an artist book, and our first show with her came along in 1997, with so many to follow.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of came along
Verb
  • Monaco and Horodyshche, Ukraine — When the blast went off, Vadym Yermolaiev’s mind went blank.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Officials said the alarms went off during a test of the emergency systems.
    — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of went off

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