PLAY ALONG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does play along mean? 

• PLAY ALONG (verb)
  The verb PLAY ALONG has 2 senses:

1. cooperate or pretend to cooperate

2. perform an accompaniment to

  Familiarity information: PLAY ALONG used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAY ALONG (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cooperate or pretend to cooperate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

go along; play along

Context example:

He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment

Hypernyms (to "play along" is one way to...):

collaborate; cooperate; get together; join forces (work together on a common enterprise of project)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perform an accompaniment to

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

accompany; follow; play along

Context example:

The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano

Hypernyms (to "play along" is one way to...):

play (play on an instrument)

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody