along

  • 1Along — A*long (?; 115), adv. [OE. along, anlong, AS. andlang, along; pref. and (akin to OFris. ond , OHG. ant , Ger. ent , Goth. and , anda , L. ante, Gr. ?, Skr. anti, over against) + lang long. See {Long}.] 1. By the length; in a line with the length; …

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  • 2Along — A*long [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase {along of}.) [1913 Webster] {Along of}, {Along on}, often shortened to {Long of}, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] On me is not along thin evil fare.… …

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  • 3Along of — Along A*long [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase {along of}.) [1913 Webster] {Along of}, {Along on}, often shortened to {Long of}, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] On me is not along thin evil fare.… …

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  • 4Along on — Along A*long [AS. gelang owing to.] (Now heard only in the prep. phrase {along of}.) [1913 Webster] {Along of}, {Along on}, often shortened to {Long of}, prep. phr., owing to; on account of. [Obs. or Low. Eng.] On me is not along thin evil fare.… …

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  • 5Along — A*long , prep. By the length of, as distinguished from across. Along the lowly lands. Dryden. [1913 Webster] The kine . . . went along the highway. 1 Sam. vi. 12. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6along — I. preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English andlang, from and against + lang long more at ante Date: before 12th century 1. in a line matching the length or direction of < walking along the road >; also at a point or points on < a&#8230; …

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  • 7along — See: ALL ALONG or RIGHT ALONG, COME ALONG, GET ALONG, GO ALONG, RUN ALONG, STRING ALONG …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 8along — See: ALL ALONG or RIGHT ALONG, COME ALONG, GET ALONG, GO ALONG, RUN ALONG, STRING ALONG …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 9Along, Arunachal Pradesh — Infobox Indian Jurisdiction native name = Along | type = city | latd = 28.17 | longd = 94.77 locator position = left | state name = Arunachal Pradesh district = West Siang leader title = leader name = |Ajoy Baidyaaltitude = 619 population as of …

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  • 10Along Came Polly — Infobox Film name = Along Came Polly writer = John Hamburg starring = Ben Stiller Jennifer Aniston Philip Seymour Hoffman Debra Messing Hank Azaria Bryan Brown Alec Baldwin director = John Hamburg producer = Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey&#8230; …

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