go on

verbs

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, go on, keep, proceed

come to pass

"What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place

move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

"Time marches on"

advance, go on, march on, move on, pass on, progress

continue talking

"I know it's hard," he continued, "but there is no choice"; "carry on--pretend we are not in the room"

carry on, continue, go on, proceed

start running, functioning, or operating

"the lights went on"; "the computer came up"

come on, come up, go on

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