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What does go on mean?

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go on Expression

— If you go on with something, you continue to do it. I hate it. I can't go on living like this. He stopped, not wanting to go on with the story. — If somebody stops speaking, you say go on to tell them to keep speaking. "So, I was thinking... um" "Go on." — If you go on to do something, you do it after something else. She went on to study math in university. (after high school) — If you go on about something, you talk about it for a long time. He's always going on about how hard things are.

go on

— verb (= continue, keep) continue a certain state, condition, or activity Keep on working! We continued to work into the night Keep smiling We went on working until well past midnight — verb (= happen, occur, pass, take place) come to pass What is happening? The meeting took place off without an incidence Nothing occurred that seemed important — verb (= march on) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense Time marches on — verb (= continue, carry on) continue talking; he continued I know it's hard, but there is no choice carry on--pretend we are not in the room — verb (= come up) start running, functioning, or operating the lights went on the computer came up

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What other words have the same or similar meaning as go on?

go on English » English

continue proceed keep on last carry on happen come on keep get on proceed with occur go by go along go ahead sustain maintain come about take place run on progress pass move on hap fall out advance wear on resume persist get along fly by be on about be off remain put on pass off pass by keep up keep going go past go in for go for extend endure wear tread transpire take on take stretch step on

Topics go on topics

What do people use go on to talk about?

States Big

Distance

What words indicate that something (like an area or road) continues for some distance?

extend stretch go on continue spread

States Big

Fit, size

What words refer to something fitting?

fit dovetail go in go on

Examples go on examples

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Simple sentences

You don't go to school on Sunday, do you?

When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.

When you start to look like the photo in your passport, it's time to go on vacation.

When you start looking like your passport photo you should go on vacation.

Movie subtitles

I can't allow a meaningless fight to go on!

I'd better go talk to Mary on this one.

Just gonna go take a little dump. I gotta go to the bathroom and go catch up on some reading. I gotta take the Browns to the Superbowl.

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