play along

1. 1.

   cooperate or pretend to cooperate

   “He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment”

   Synonymsgo along

   Broadercollaborate
2. 2.

   perform an accompaniment to

   “The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano”

   Synonymsaccompanyfollow

   Broaderplay

   music

Questions about play along

What does play along mean?

play along means "cooperate or pretend to cooperate". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for play along?

Close synonyms include go along, accompany, follow. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is play along a common word?

play along is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.