play along
(idiomatic) To participate in a joke or trick while hiding one's knowledge of its true nature.
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Oooh! I bet that is fun as hell! Do you have tunes to play along to? I think I would LOVE that!
Yeah, same, at times it felt so weird that I wouldn't play along because I didn't get it at all and people would end up letting it go But more often they'd just keep at it
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(idiomatic) To participate in a joke or trick while hiding one's knowledge of its true nature.
James played along with their cruel trick.
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(idiomatic) To take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.
James thought it was cruel for the fraternity members to make the pledge think his father had died suddenly and refused to play along.
“Oooh! I bet that is fun as hell! Do you have tunes to play along to? I think I would LOVE that!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yeah, same, at times it felt so weird that I wouldn't play along because I didn't get it at all and people would end up letting it go But more often they'd just keep at it”
— Bluesky· May 2026“⭕️ Old ⭕️ Bald ⭕️ Obese ⭕️ Ugly ⭕️ Lonely ⭕️ Frightened ⭕️ Desperate ⭕️ Vengeful ⭕️ Cruel ⭕️ Corrupt ⭕️ Demented ⭕️ Angry ⭕️ Friendless Play along. Add whatever .”
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— Bluesky· May 2026“Okay night owls, I'll play along tomorrow”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(idiomatic) To play a musical instrument in synchrony with a playback of a recording.
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— Bluesky· May 2026“She's refusing to play along. And she is going to be proven to have been prescient.”
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— Bluesky· May 2026
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