go on and on

Idioms  

1. See go on , def. 5.

2. Continue without stopping, last for a long time, as in This trail goes on and on , or The movie went on and on . This usage was first recorded in 1938.

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Example Sentences

“The Beatles will just go on and on, on those records and films and videos, and in people’s memories and lives … The Beatles I think exist without us,” says George, gone now nearly a quarter-century.

From Los Angeles Times

“You can go on and on and list the tremendous players. I think that’s really good for our game when there’s a lot of great players. That’s what is going to help this game grow more than anything else.”

From Seattle Times

After all, we’re a blue city in a blue state, where liberal politicians love to go on and on about how they care about people, unlike those coldhearted, penny-pinching conservatives in red cities and red states.

From Los Angeles Times

We can go on and on about challenges that should've divided efforts by weight class: the team challenge to shift a 1.5 ton ship; the Atlas punishment in which contestants shouldered an approximately 110-pound boulder; the five-way tug-of-war with vastly varying body sizes.

From Salon

“There is a fear in the industry that this could go on and on and on until the Supreme Court intervenes,” Pinnegar said.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• babble
• digress
• meander
• wander