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along the linesIn a general direction or manner.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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git alongmove; keep goingRate it:

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git alonggo on your way; scramRate 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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go along with the gagTo cooperate in continuing a joke, hoax, or similar phenomenon initiated by others.Rate it:

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happen alongTo arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance.Rate it:

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how are you getting alongA greeting roughly equivalent to how are you.Rate it:

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

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move alongTo continue without being distracted; to keep going.Rate it:

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moving along at a snail's paceThe slow start of an agenda, the maintenance of a slothful effort, spending half a day to complete a two hour job.Rate it:

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muddle alongTo live or work in an unplanned and unorganised way.Rate it:

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poke alongTo move along very slowly.Rate it:

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pootle alongTo walk, ride, drive etc. leisurelyRate it:

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read alongTo read together with another person, or with another presentationRate it:

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rip alongTo rush headlong.Rate it:

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scrape alongto barely be able to surviveRate it:

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sing alongA gathering or event where participants are encouraged to add their voices in song.Rate it:

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somewhere along the lineAt some unspecified time; eventually or once; at some point.Rate it:

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string alongTo keep somebody falsely believing that one has certain intentions.Rate it:

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tear alongTo run quickly along somewhere.Rate it:

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tear alongTo break something into two pieces by separating at a line of perforations.Rate it:

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tittle along sonnyI haven’t got time to listen to your nonsenseRate it:

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trundle alongTo move slowly.Rate it:

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

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à la suite dealong with, accompanyingRate it:

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à rebrousse poilAgainst the grain; (To rub) the wrong way.Rate it:

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aller son petit bonhomme de cheminTo jog along quietly.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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c'est là le diable (or, le hic)There is the rub.Rate it:

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c'est là que gît le lièvreThat is the main point; There’s the rub.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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