GO ON Definition & Meaning

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go on

verb

to continue or proceed
to happen or take place
there's something peculiar going on here
(of power, water supply, etc) to start running or functioning
preposition to mount or board and ride on, esp as a treat
children love to go on donkeys at the seaside
theatre to make an entrance on stage
to act or behave
he goes on as though he's rich
to talk excessively; chatter
to continue talking, esp after a short pause
``When I am Prime Minister,'' he went on, ``we shall abolish taxes.''
foll by at to criticize or nag
stop going on at me all the time!
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
foll by for to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)
he's going on for his hundredth birthday
cricket to start to bowl
to take one's turn
(of clothes) to be capable of being put on
go much on
used with a negative to care for; like
something to go on or something to be going on with
something that is adequate for the present time

interjection

I don't believe what you're saying

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"It's urgent and every day that goes on is just more and more suffering and more and more possible death and psychological devastation," Mr Siegel told 60 Minutes on the US network CBS.

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“And then it’s like, oh yeah, I forgot — joy. The miracle is available. It’s right there, going on all the time,” he says.

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"You have got the best goalkeeper in the world, who is also massive with limbs that go on forever, yet he still got nowhere near either of them," said Green.

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She’s trying to go on 100 dates in order to find a rich person to marry.

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Watters went on to argue that these fictional jobs will restore manhood stolen from men who, like Watters, have desk jobs.

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