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Idiom

go along with the gag

Meaning

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

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

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

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

“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.”

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.”

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