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View synonyms for go on

go on

verb

  1. to continue or proceed
  2. to happen or take place

    there's something peculiar going on here

  3. (of power, water supply, etc) to start running or functioning
  4. preposition to mount or board and ride on, esp as a treat

    children love to go on donkeys at the seaside

  5. theatre to make an entrance on stage
  6. to act or behave

    he goes on as though he's rich

  7. to talk excessively; chatter
  8. to continue talking, esp after a short pause

    ``When I am Prime Minister,'' he went on, ``we shall abolish taxes.''

  9. foll by at to criticize or nag

    stop going on at me all the time!

  10. preposition to use as a basis for further thought or action

    the police had no evidence at all to go on in the murder case

  11. foll by for to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)

    he's going on for his hundredth birthday

  12. cricket to start to bowl
  13. to take one's turn
  14. (of clothes) to be capable of being put on
  15. go much on
    used with a negative to care for; like
  16. something to go on or something to be going on with
    something that is adequate for the present time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. I don't believe what you're saying
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

They encourage the janitor to go on stage, where he performs What the World Needs Now Is Love.

From BBC

"Even though we're both blind, we'll navigate our way round a city, or go on a date on our own. Nothing holds us back."

From BBC

Sometimes I’ll go on ShopGoodwill just to look for inspiration or different vintage I’m trying to find.

They were joined by veteran executives Clarence Avant and Ahmet Ertegun, plus Colin Powell, the former national security adviser and head of the US military who would go on to become the first African-American secretary of state.

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After Tupac's 1993 comments, Jones's 17-year-old daughter Rashida - who would go on to star in US sitcom The Office - wrote an irate letter to Source attacking the rapper.

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