go along to get along
Appease for peace
Go along to get along expresses the strategy of conforming to others' wishes or opinions in order to maintain harmony and avoid conflict.
The phrase often carries a slightly negative connotation, suggesting that someone sacrifices their principles or genuine views for the sake of social ease.
She learned early in her career to go along to get along, even when she disagreed with her boss.
The expression can describe both individual behavior and broader institutional cultures where dissent is discouraged.
- docilityReadiness to submit
- inner conflictPsychological tension within oneself
- biting one's tongueDeliberately not speaking up
- acquiescenceUnresisting acceptance
- compromiseAgreement through mutual sacrifice
keeping the peace · conformity · going with the flow · self-censorship · pliability · don't rock the boat · appeasement · fake it till one makes it · playing nice · compliance · groupthink · team player · rationalization · submissiveness · social harmony · save face · deference · collectivism
- social conformityconformist, peer pressure, herd mentality, groupthink, follow the crowd
go along to get alongtake a stand
Publicly commit to a position
hold one's ground · civil disobedience · conscientious objection · dissent · stick to one's guns
go along to get alongrock the boat
Disturb a stable situation
make waves · stir the pot · pick a fight · call out · confront
go along to get alongspeak one's mind
State opinions openly
tell it like it is · keep it real · wear one's heart on one's sleeve · let the chips fall where they may · damn the torpedoes