playing along
Humoring someone's premise
Playing along means cooperating with something—a plan, a pretense, a joke—even if you don't fully believe in it or haven't committed to it.
Someone who plays along goes with the flow rather than resisting or exposing what's happening: I knew she was lying but I played along.
The phrase suggests temporary or strategic compliance: He played along with their scheme until he could gather evidence.
- actingTemporarily holding position
- feigningPretending to feel something
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- yes andAffirmation plus expansion
- agreementShared position between parties
charade · collaboration · pretending · fake smile · humoring · compromise · pantomime · acquiescence · good sport · compliance · deception · jesting · just kidding · mimicry · make believe · teamwork · theatrics · simulation
- conformityconformity, conforming, conform, conformist, conformism
- learning by earhumming, tuning, ear training, auditory memory, call and response
- people-pleasingappeasing, placating, accommodating, pandering, giving in
- Social Pretensepretense, facade, affectation, phoniness, insincerity
- complianceaudit, obeying, policy, compliance officer, regulation
playing alongresisting
Actively opposing pressure
refusing · defying · rebelling · opposing · pushing back
playing alongcalling out
Publicly confronting behavior
exposing · blowing the whistle · speaking up · telling the truth · unmasking
play, along, plays, played, player, players, playing, playful, playfully