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`preposition
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`through, on, beside, over, or parallel to the length or direction of; from one end to the other
`of: to walk along a highway; to run a border along a shelf.
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`during; in the course of: Somewhere along the way I lost my hat.
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`adverb
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`by the length; lengthwise; parallel to or in a line with the length or direction: He ran along
`beside me.
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`with a progressive motion; onward: The police ordered the line to move along.
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`(of time) some way on: along toward evening.
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`Verb Phrases
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`get along. get (def 36).
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`forward, onward, also, simultaneously, too, on, forth, accompanying, additionally, besides,
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`aloha shirt, aloha state, aloidae, aloin, alone, along, along for the ride, along in years, along
`the lines of, along with, alongships
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`Idioms
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`all along, all the time; throughout: I knew all along that it was a lie.
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`be along, Informal. to arrive at a place; come: They should be along soon.
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`Origin of along
`before 900; Middle English; Old English andlang, equivalent to and- (cognate with Old
`Saxon, Old Norse and-, Gothic and(a)-, Old High German ant-, prefix with orig. sense
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`“facing”; cf. answer) + lang long
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`Examples from the Web for along
`But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by
`a horde of evil Pigs.
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`2015|DAILY BEAST
`Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to
`Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
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`France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY
`BEAST
`Luckily enough I have this dedicated flat that is just along from my house that I go to
`every day.
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`Belle & Sebastian Aren’t So Shy Anymore|James Joiner|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
`Along with a spreadsheet logging weapons purchases and other expenses,
`investigators found two documents.
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`The Shadowy U.S. Veteran Who Tried to Overthrow a Country|Jacob Siegel|January 6,
`2015|DAILY BEAST
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`British Dictionary definitions for along
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`/ (əˈlɒŋ) /
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`preposition
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`over or for the length of, esp in a more or less horizontal planealong the road
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`adverb
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`continuing over the length of some specified thing
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`in accompaniment; together with some specified person or peoplehe says he'd like to come
`along
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`forwardthe horse trotted along at a steady pace
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`to a more advanced statehe got the work moving along
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`along with accompanying; together withconsider the advantages along with the
`disadvantages
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`Word Origin for along
`Old English andlang, from and- against + lang long 1; compare Old Frisian andlinga, Old
`Saxon antlang
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`Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007,
`2009, 2012
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`Idioms and Phrases with along
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`In addition to the idioms beginning with along
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`along for the ride
`along in years
`alongside of
`along the lines of
`along with
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`also see:
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`all along
`all along the line
`be along
`come along
`follow along
`get along
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`go alongplay alongrun along string along.
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`Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
`Company.
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