on and on

Idioms  

1. Continuously, persistently, without stopping, as in On and on they rode for three whole days. Also see go on and on.

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on and on

Home Depot, Target, Microsoft, 3M, Intel—the list goes on and on.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The delays went on and on, for more than ten years.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

All of us have lots of unexpected places to spread social influence; to our parents, co-workers, run-club buddies, and on and on.

From Slate ● May 15, 2026

“Our city is very busy, especially living in L.A. where everything just goes on and on and it feels like there’s never a point where we can take a breath,” Alina said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

“That’s two squared times three squared times ten. And there are three hundred sixty degrees in a circle. And the line that makes a circle goes on and on and on, without any end.”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix