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play along
verb
1. perform an accompaniment to
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The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano

Syn: ↑accompany, ↑follow
Derivationally related forms: ↑accompanist (for: ↑accompany), ↑accompaniment (for: ↑accompany)
Topics: ↑music
Hypernyms: ↑play
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

2. cooperate or pretend to cooperate
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He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment

Syn: ↑go along
Hypernyms: ↑collaborate, ↑join forces, ↑cooperate, ↑get together
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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play along
(with with) to co-operate or agree with someone, usu temporarily
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Main Entry:play

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ˌplay a ˈlong [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they play along he/she/it plays along present participle playing along past tense played along past participle played along] phrasal verb
to pretend to agree with someone or something, especially in order to get what you want or avoid an argument
play along with:

Just play along with what he wants. It’s easier.

Thesaurus: to pretend to do or feel somethingsynonym
Main entry: play

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pretend to cooperate

she had to play along and be polite

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play along [phrasal verb]
: to agree to do or accept what other people want

They wanted me to cooperate with them, but I refused to play along. [=go along]

If I pretend to be sick, will you play along and tell everyone that I had to go to the doctor?

— often + with

I refused to play along with them.

Will you play along with my plan?

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Main Entry:play

Useful english dictionary. 2012.