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go along with the gag

idiom
Meaning

To cooperate in continuing a joke, hoax, or similar phenomenon initiated by others.


Examples
SIMPLE

Everyone pretended to be a spy, so I decided to go along with the gag.

CONTEXTUAL

When the office staff started wearing silly hats for no reason, I chose to go along with the gag to avoid being a killjoy.

COMPLEX

Although he initially found the elaborate prank confusing, he eventually chose to go along with the gag, realizing that his participation was essential to the collective amusement of his colleagues.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    all dressed up and nowhere to go

    Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.

  2. 02

    all systems go

    Everything is ready.

  3. 03

    as you go

    While one is doing (something); as one progresses.

  4. 04

    boldly go where no man has gone before

    To break new ground.

  5. 05

    come and go

    To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.

  6. 06

    don't go there

    Do not broach that topic.

  7. 07

    easy come, easy go

    Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)

  8. 08

    enough to go around

    There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.

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