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follow along

Idioms

Move or proceed in accord or in unison with someone. For example, The children followed along with the song, or They followed along with the crowd.

Example Sentences

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Eastern time hearing live, and you can follow along at www.wsj.com.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Clouds of soap bubbles and cascading buckets of water follow, along with a coffee scrub and deeply moisturizing mask before a short sauna session to let everything absorb.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

Generally, when these cumulative breadth indicators are making new highs, SPX will follow along and do the same, eventually.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 26, 2026

And there are those who just hum a few bars and allow the musicians to intuit the key and melody enough to follow along.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

She walked behind me to follow along over my shoulder as I read, then she scanned the page and pointed to several words on the page: “Gruesome?” she said.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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