Deeper Dive: along

along adverb [Pref. a- + round.]

1. By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.
Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung. Dryden.
2. In a line, or with a progressive motion; onward; forward.
We will go along by the king’s highway. Numb. xxi. 22.

He struck with his o'ertaking wings,
And chased us south along. Coleridge.
3. In company; together.
He to England shall along with you. Shak.
All along
all through the course of; during the whole time; throughout.

“I have all along declared this to be a neutral paper.” Addison.
To get along
to get on; to make progress, as in business.

“She 'll get along in heaven better than you or I.” Mrs. Stowe.
A-long′ preposition By the length of, as distinguished from across.
“Along the lowly lands.” Dryden.

The kine . . . went along the highway. 1 Sam. vi. 12.
A-long′. [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.)

Along of

Along on
often shortened to
Long of
preposition phrase
owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.]
“On me is not along thin evil fare.” Chaucer.

“And all this is long of you.” Shak.

“This increase of price is all along of the foreigners.” London Punch.



-- Webster's unabridged 1913





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