Along

Definition of Along

A`long´

adv.

By the length; in a line with the length; lengthwise.

Some laid along . . . on spokes of wheels are hung.

- Dryden.

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.

He to England shall along with you.

- Shak.

All along
all through the course of; during the whole time; throughout.

To get along
to get on; to make progress, as in business. - Addison.

prep.

By the length of, as distinguished from across.

The kine . . . went along the highway.

- 1 Sam. vi. 12.

Now heard only in the prep. phrase along of.

Along of
owing to; on account of. - Chaucer.

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