Collocations for "along"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "along" in context.
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along
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.prep
- along the [road, river, path]
- [all, somewhere] along the way
- along both sides (of)
- along [one, each, the left, the right] side (of)
- along [those, similar, the same] lines
- [sang, cheered] along with [the class, the others, the fans, them]
- was just [walking] along when
- [ran, walked] along beside me
- can I come along (too)?
- came along with me
- took her along (to the party)
- move along, please (there is nothing to see here)
- come along, now!
- they should be along [soon, any moment]
- is (really) coming along (well)
- passed the [sugar, message, news] along
- [forgot, was told] to bring along (an umbrella)
- [he knew, I told you] all along
'along' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
English
- French
- German
- Greek
- Swedish
- aside
- avenue
- axis
- barrel
- beach
- beetle
- believe
- belt
- bicycle
- bike
- bird
- bluff
- boat
- bob
- bring
- brother-in-law
- bucket
- busy
- camp
- canal
- career
- chorus
- clap
- class
- clip
- coast
- come
- companion
- confirm
- continue
- convey
- corridor
- crawl
- creep
- curb
- dedication
- difficulty
- ditch
- divide
- dock
- door
- drift
- driveway
- driving
- drum