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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

... "Let's go on with the game," the Queen said to Alice; and Alice was too much frightened to say a word, but slowly followed ...

— Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson • Lewis Carroll

... consummate blackguard!" ejaculated Sir Reginald through his set teeth. "Yes, dear; go on. I am listening," ...

— With Airship and Submarine - A Tale of Adventure • Harry Collingwood

... go on board!" said the young lady. "Do you think he's got back yet? It's perfect ...

— A Chance Acquaintance • W. D. Howells

... in Seth's dark eyes. He knew this was not the girl's object in coming to him. He always called in at the house to ask for letters at the last moment before starting. There was a slight awkwardness while he waited for the girl to go on. ...

— The Watchers of the Plains - A Tale of the Western Prairies • Ridgewell Cullum

... lightly. Say, of course, you know me; and seem surprised that you never happened to mention it before. Tell him, oh, yes, I come quite often to tell you and Mr. Burton how he's getting along, and all that. Just make nothing of it—take it as a matter of course, not worth mentioning. See? Then go on and talk about something else. That'll fix it all right, ...

— Dawn • Eleanor H. Porter

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