Usually means: Cooperate or pretend for harmony.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. play along: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. play along: Merriam-Webster
  3. play along: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. play along: Collins English Dictionary
  5. play along: Vocabulary.com
  6. play-along: Wordnik
  7. play along: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. play along: Wiktionary
  9. play along: Dictionary.com
  10. play along: Rhymezone
  11. play along: FreeDictionary.org
  12. play along: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. play along: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. play along: Legal dictionary
  2. play along: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play along: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play along: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. play along: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (play along)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, along.
verb:  (idiomatic) To take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.
verb:  (idiomatic) To participate in a joke or trick while hiding one's knowledge of its true nature.
verb:  (idiomatic) To play a musical instrument in synchrony with a playback of a recording.
verb:  (idiomatic, US) To cooperate or go along with a plan.
verb:  (idiomatic, US) To pretend to cooperate or go along with a plan.
verb:  (idiomatic, UK) To manipulate (someone).

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