play along

play along
intransitive verb
mitspielen
* * *
play along
I. vi
to \play along along with sth etw [zum Schein] mitmachen
to \play along along with it gute Miene zum bösen Spiel machen
to \play along along with sb:
he \play alonged along with them to find out more about their plans er machte mit, um mehr über ihre Pläne herauszufinden
II. vt (fam)
to \play along along ⇆ sb jdn hinhalten [o vertrösten]
* * *
1. vi
mitspielen

he played along with the system — er arrangierte sich mit dem System

to play along with a suggestion — auf einen Vorschlag eingehen

to play along with sb — jdm zustimmen

2. vt always separate
hinters Licht führen, ein falsches Spiel spielen mit; (in order to gain time) hinhalten
* * *
play along
A v/i
a) mitziehen umg, mitspielen:
play along with sich arrangieren mit
b) zum Schein mitspielen oder umg mitziehen:
play along with zum Schein eingehen auf (akk);
play along with sb B
B v/t:
play sb along zum Schein auf jemandes Vorschlag etc eingehen
* * *
intransitive verb
mitspielen

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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