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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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He was responsible for 47 patents at Rolls-Royce and went on to be named on more than 200 patents for Renishaw innovations.

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As I went on air for the BBC from Damascus, I reported without fearing for my safety.

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Or consider that Swift’s latest LP contains a song she wrote about her experience on the Eras tour — a song she went on to add to the very production that inspired it.

"I feel I need to be there to believe what's going on," she said.

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A lot of building and work going on in the background for many years.

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