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Go on

verb

Continue a certain state, condition, or activity. Synonyms: continue, go along, keep, proceed. "We continued to work into the night" , "Keep smiling" , "We went on working until well past midnight" Antonym: discontinue.

Come to pass. Synonyms: come about, fall out, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place. "The meeting took place off without an incidence" , "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense. Synonyms: advance, march on, move on, pass on, progress. Antonym: recede.

Continue talking. Synonyms: carry on, continue, proceed. "But there is no choice" , "Carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

Start running, functioning, or operating. Synonyms: come on, come up. "The computer came up" Antonym: go off.

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"Go on" Quotes from Famous Books

... that. We could go on suffering and not say a word, if only we might keep Annie. But she would suffer too, and more and more as she grows older. ...

— Nine Little Goslings • Susan Coolidge

... time one spoke to me on the street," she continued, "I ran home and cried all night. But you get used to it. I meet a good many nice fellows at church. I go on rainy days and stand in the vestibule until one comes up with an umbrella. I wish there was a parlor, so I could ask you to call, Mr. Blinker—are you really sure ...

— The Trimmed Lamp and Others • O Henry

... diseases among animals that the hog is subject to; in fact, it (the Cholera) is the only disease to be greatly feared among that order of animals; and as this great and valuable remedy is found and demonstrated beyond the shadow of a doubt, the farmer may go on raising and feeding his hogs with the full assurance that his labors will not be lost. He can improve his hogs with confidence and assurance that health and prosperity will be the rich ...

— One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed • C. A. Bogardus

... change in the appearance of our eldest darling; his heavy lids veiled his eyes, an unnatural colour burnt in his cheeks, his breath became short. Clara looked at the mother; she slept, yet started at the pause the narrator made— Fear of awakening and alarming her, caused Clara to go on at the eager call of Evelyn, who was unaware of what was passing. Her eyes turned alternately from Alfred to Idris; with trembling accents she continued her tale, till she saw the child about to fall: starting forward ...

— The Last Man • Mary Shelley

... do very well, thank you. You may now go on." Duncan was determined, that morning, to meet ...

— The Last Woman • Ross Beeckman

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