Definition of go on - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Verb

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"

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come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

Verb

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches on"

Verb

continue talking; "I know it''s hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

Verb

start running, functioning, or operating; "the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

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Synonyms

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Antonyms

go off

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More General Terms

act get going go locomote move speak start talk travel

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More Specific Terms

anticipate arise backfire backlash bechance befall betide break chance close in coincide come come around come off come up concur contemporise contemporize creep up develop draw in edge elapse encroach fall forge give glide by go go along go by go off go over happen hold impinge inch infringe intervene jog keep going lapse materialise materialize operate overhaul overtake pass penetrate plough on press on proceed push on rachet up ramble ramble on ratchet ratchet down recoil recrudesce recur repeat result ride roll around run on segue shine slide by slip away slip by sneak up strike string string along supervene synchronise synchronize transpire turn out

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