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assume the mantleTo take on a specific role or position, along with any associated responsibilites.Rate it:

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be alongTo arrive.Rate it:

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come along!Join me, move forward, let's stay together.Rate it:

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go along for the rideTo accompany someone passively, or to take a passive role in a project.Rate it:

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jump to my tunejump to my tune', means 'Go Along With Another's Ideas, Program, Schedule, Agenda, 'Cooperate Fully With My Methodology, My Way Of Doing Things:Rate it:

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make it up as one goes alongTo improvise continuously.Rate it:

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patty cakeChildhood clap and sing along songRate it:

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stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:

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zoom alongTo proceed quickly a long distance.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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run upOf a bowler, to run, or walk up to the bowling crease in order to bowl a ball.Rate it:

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see eye to eyeTo agree with someone; to concur; to get along.Rate it:

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zoom downTo move quickly along a particular route, list, etc.Rate it:

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come alongTo accompany.Rate it:

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tag alongTo accompany, join, or follow; to go with.Rate it:

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come alongTo progress; to make progress.Rate it:

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go along to get alongTo conform in order to have acceptance and security.Rate it:

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Nikon choirA large group of photographers simultaneously capturing images of a celebrity, producing numerous photographic flashes along with an accompanying din of clicking camera shutters.Rate it:

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run alongTo leave.Rate it:

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play alongTo take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.Rate it:

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have in towIn one's charge or close guidance; along with one.Rate it:

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jolly someone alongTo make someone happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery.Rate it:

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rock alongTo progress in a smooth fashion.Rate it:

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à la suite dealong with, accompanyingRate it:

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all alongThe entire time; always.Rate it:

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aller son petit bonhomme de cheminTo jog along quietly.Rate it:

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along aboutApproximately; at around some time.Rate it:

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along the linesIn a general direction or manner.Rate it:

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body EnglishA body motion made to coax an object already propelled go in a desired direction. For example, a nervous leaning or twisting movement while playing sports such as golf or bowling, to "persuade" the ball to go in a desired direction.Rate it:

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bottom outTo touch or drag along the ground.Rate it:

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brûler le pavéTo dash along at full speed, to “scorch.”Rate it:

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bunny hopA ground ball that hops along the field instead of rolling.Rate it:

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by the same tokenFor a similar reason; in a similar manner; similarly; likewise; along the same lines.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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close outOf a wave, to break all at once, instead of progressively along its length.Rate it:

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come withTo join and come along.Rate it:

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do not enterSigns along the road to indicate this is a one way street.Rate it:

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down the lineFurther along, in terms of time or progress.Rate it:

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down the roadFurther along, in terms of time or progress.Rate it:

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down the road, not across the streetAlong the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.Rate it:

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down the trackFurther along, in terms of time or progress.Rate it:

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dragTo pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.Rate it:

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get alongTo be together or coexist well, without arguments or trouble.Rate it:

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get alongTo survive; to do well enough.Rate it:

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get onTo have a good relationship; to get along.Rate it:

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git alonggo on your way; scramRate it:

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git alongmove; keep goingRate it:

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go alongTo participate, cooperate, or conform.Rate it:

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Go Along for the RideTo accompany someone in an activity without taking part in itRate it:

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go along withTo comply with something, even if reluctantly; to accept or tolerate.Rate it:

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