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follow along
1. To do something as others do it. I have no idea how to get out of the stadium, so I'm just following along with the mass of people. Everyone, follow along with the people in front of you—we need to keep the line moving. No one will let me merge over, so I guess I have to follow along with this lane of cars getting on the highway.
2. To trail closely behind someone or something. When you have a toddler, you can always count on them following along with anything you try to do around the house. The interior designer can't get any work done—your puppy follows along with her every movement! Hey, your little brother can't follow along with us to the clubhouse. We have to ditch him somehow.
3. To monitor something in order to keep pace with what someone else is doing. I couldn't quite hear what the actors were saying, so I followed along with the closed captions. This time, I'll do the steps, and you guys try to follow along. I don't know the words by heart, so I would need to follow along with a print-out of the lyrics or something.
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follow along
Move or proceed in accord or in unison with someone. For example, The children followed along with the song, or They followed along with the crowd.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
follow along
v.
1. To accompany by following: I went for a walk in the woods, and my cats followed along. Our guide led the hike and we followed him along.
2. To move or act in conjunction with an activity by following an example: The teacher sang and the children followed along.
3. To move or act in conjunction or in parallel with someone or something: I followed along with the speaker by reading the transcript.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
- follow back
- follow (one) to the ends of the earth
- follow (someone or something) in stride
- climb on the bandwagon
- climb/jump on the bandwagon
- follow instructions to the letter
- be (sitting) on (one's) tail
- with great (something) comes great (something else)
- cock an eye at (someone or something)
- no salesman will call