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play along
verb
- intrusually foll bywith to cooperate (with), esp as a temporary measure
- tr to manipulate as if in a game, esp for one's own advantage
he played the widow along until she gave him her money
Idioms and Phrases
Cooperate or pretend to cooperate, as in They decided to play along with the robbers, at least for a while . [ Colloquial ; 1920s]Example Sentences
He added: "I believe the school tried to use the police to close down legitimate inquiries, and for some reason the constabulary played along."
For a moment, she played along, “Well, he is a puppet,” she said, “but no.”
Though Hezbollah is playing along for now, there’s little expectation it would accept a more thorough disarmament, said Karim el-Mufti, a senior lecturer in global affairs at Sciences Po, a university in Paris.
Children, unaware of the crisis their parents confronted, nurtured dolls and played along the fence.
It only takes a few assurances from people he’s put his trust in overnight – who, like "The Goat," are presenting themselves inauthentically – for him to keep playing along.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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