accompany (one)

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accompany (one)

1. To travel with one. This phrase can be used in reference to both people and things. While I enjoy spending time alone, I sometimes wish I had someone to accompany me on vacations. Pete's dog was more than happy to accompany him to the park. My cell phone always accompanies me when I leave the house.
2. To play a musical instrument in support of a featured band or performer. While her little sister played the flute, Sarah accompanied her on the clarinet. Will you accompany me on piano when I sing at the talent show? No, you don't get a solo—you're just supposed to be accompanying me while I sing!
See also: accompany
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accompany someone on a musical instrument

to provide complementary instrumental music for someone's musical performance. Sally accompanied the singer on the piano.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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It is no asteroid which is accompanying us! It is not a piece of a planet."
Merridew had no objection) on accompanying us back to town--so as to be within reach of the earliest news of our proceedings.
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani met Wednesday evening at Al Bahr Palace with US Senators Lindsey Graham and Chris Van Hollen, and the accompanying US Congress delegation.
This is the Liturgy of the Word, a time for us to 'read good literature.' It is a moment of grace to get in touch again with the story of our salvation-the story of God accompanying us in our journey, individually and in the community of humanity, our shared humanity.
"We would like to thank Chris Clark, Emily Holl and Andrew Littlejohn for accompanying us on this journey and all the other volunteers who have helped all the way through our Duke of Edinburgh experience at McLaren."
The Pentagon further informed that an accompanying US helicopter immediately reported the crash that enabled a quick-reaction force comprised of Iraqi security forces and coalition members to reach the spot and secure the scene.
JERUSALEM, May 23, 2017 (WAFA) -- Israeli police Monday barred Palestinian Christian Orthodox scout groups from accompanying US President Donald Trump into the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in East Jerusalemae1/4aos Old City because of the Palestinian flag emblems on their costumes, according to the Arab Orthodox Union Club.
"Accompanying us were two expert conservation architects.
Carter, 85, would go as a private citizen, with no accompanying US officials, to secure the release of Aijalon Mahli Gomes, 30, the US-based Foreign Policy journal reported on its website on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD, July 19 -- A high-level US delegation accompanying US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participated in a national consultation on birth spacing organised by the Ministry of Health on Sunday.
No representative has reached here from the side of administration there are only five cops accompanying us. Meanwhile the inflow of water in Attaabad Lake is 14,100 cusec and outflow 13,470 cusec.
"There are eighty businessmen accompanying us in our visit here and they are willing to make investments in construction, tourism, food and service sectors," Caglayan said, adding that Turkey placed special importance on its trade with Iraq.
If it is a life-threatening situation we will go regardless if the police are accompanying us or not." He said the brigade has a zero tolerance to any attacks on its staff, adding: "We have new powers to prosecute, we also have CCTV cameras on all our appliances and spit kits.
We are hopeful that the US driving season will provide a seasonal boost, but we do not foresee significant improvement in demand or product margins without an accompanying US economic recovery.'