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go-on

Verbs

• (v) 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
  continue, go along, keep, proceed,
• (v) come to pass
  • What is happening?
  • The meeting took place off without an incidence
  • Nothing occurred that seemed important
  come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, fall out, pass off, pass,
• (v) move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
  • Time marches on
  advance, march on, move on, progress, pass on,
• (v) continue talking
  • "I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"
  • carry on--pretend we are not in the room
  proceed, continue, carry on,
• (v) start running, functioning, or operating
  • the lights went on
  • the computer came up
  come on, come up,

Synonyms

continue go along keep proceed come about hap happen occur take place fall out pass off pass advance march on move on progress pass on carry on come on come up

Antonyms

discontinue draw back move back pull away pull back recede retreat withdraw retire go off

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