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go with it

accept a changing situation

If you go with it, you accept a situation and adapt instead of trying to control or change it.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

What if the meeting takes a different direction?

We'll just go with it and see what happens.

Play the conversation

The weather ruined our plans, so we went with it and explored the market instead.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: The plan changed, so we went with the flow it.

Say: The plan changed, so we just went with it.

Do not add “the flow” before “it”; use either “go with it” or “go with the flow.”

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

go with it; went with it; just go with it

Your turn: say it out loud

The weather ruined our plans, so we went with it and explored the market instead.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

go with it

accept a changing situation

“The weather ruined our plans, so we went with it and explored the market instead.”

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