"go-along" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: go-alongs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} go-along (plural go-alongs)
  1. An ethnographic method involving meeting and walking with members of the community being studied.
    Sense id: en-go-along-en-noun-GJxGKm6G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46
  2. (UK, obsolete, thieves' cant) A person duped into accompanying thieves during a robbery. Tags: UK, obsolete
    Sense id: en-go-along-en-noun-NCNDN-ps Categories (other): British English, English Thieves' Cant, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46

Inflected forms

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