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#* {{quote-book|en|year=1960|author={{w|P. G. Wodehouse}}|title={{w|Jeeves in the Offing}}|section=chapter III|passage={{...}} while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be '''going on''' with.}} |
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1960|author={{w|P. G. Wodehouse}}|title={{w|Jeeves in the Offing}}|section=chapter III|passage={{...}} while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be '''going on''' with.}} |
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#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=2012|title=The Onion Book of Known Knowledge|page=63|text=The kid who starts a business selling candy out of his locker always goes on to be a major |
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=2012|title=The Onion Book of Known Knowledge|page=63|text=The kid who starts a business selling candy out of his locker always '''goes on''' to be a major sleazeball later in life.}} |
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#: {{syn|en|carry on|continue|Thesaurus:proceed}} |
#: {{syn|en|carry on|continue|Thesaurus:proceed}} |
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# To [[talk]] about a subject [[frequently]] or [[at length|at great length]]. |
# To [[talk]] about a subject [[frequently]] or [[at length|at great length]]. |
Revision as of 00:17, 7 January 2023
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU): (file)
Verb
go on (third-person singular simple present goes on, present participle going on, simple past went on, past participle gone on)
- To continue in extent.
- The meeting seemed to go on forever.
- Synonyms: endure; see also Thesaurus:persist
- To continue an action.
- 1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, 1993 edition, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 84:
- She crept up the stairs [...] On she went, across the landing, from which sprang the tall window, and up the next flight until she reached the top.
- To proceed.
- He went on to win a gold medal.
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:
- […] while not a super-goof like some of the female goofs I'd met, she was quite goofy enough to be going on with.
- 2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 63:
- The kid who starts a business selling candy out of his locker always goes on to be a major sleazeball later in life.
- Synonyms: carry on, continue; see also Thesaurus:proceed
- To talk about a subject frequently or at great length.
- Will you stop going on about your stupid holiday.
- Sam goes on and on about Pokémon.
- 2002, Jane Green, Bookends, trade paperback, published 2003, →ISBN, page 67:
- "I don't believe you." I shake my head. "How on earth did you remember that? I must have told you years ago." […]
"First of all, you go on about it far more than you think you do, […] ."
- Synonyms: blather, prattle, rabbit; see also Thesaurus:chatter
- To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.
- We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date.
- I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.
- To happen (occur).
- What's going on?
- I really don't want to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors.
- 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 1948, page 43:
- At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.
- Synonyms: come to pass, take place; see also Thesaurus:happen
Translations
travel by
continue
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make a decision based on
happen
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See also
Interjection
- Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener.
- Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity.
- A: He asked Fiona to marry him.
- B: Go on!
- A: It's true, I swear.
- Synonyms: fiddlesticks, go on with you, horsefeathers, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit
- (Australia, New Zealand) Expressing encouragement, see come on.
- Go on! You can do it!
- Synonyms: attaboy; you go, girl; see also Thesaurus:come on
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