go on
(HAPPEN)
B1 to happen:
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- He likes to know what's going on.
- Hello, hello. What's going on here then?
- The meeting was going on in the room next door.
- The matches were going on simultaneously.
- It's hard to know what goes on behind my back.
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Occurring and happening
- afoot
- assail
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at work idiom
- become
- come round
- come up
- event
- go ahead
- go down
- go hand in hand with sth idiom
- go together
- go with sth
- hand
- happen
- intervene
- materialize
- turn up
- underway
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(CONTINUE)
B1 to continue:
to move to the next thing or stage:
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- The award ceremony goes on for another hour.
- Go on for another 50 metres until you come to the traffic lights.
- We can't go on until we've fixed the puncture.
- The second chapter went on to describe his early career.
- If you can't answer a question, go on to the next one.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- leg
- nine
- push
- run on
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- string
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(OPERATE)
to start operating:
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- I didn't hear the central heating go on.
- The lights go on automatically at six o'clock.
- I flicked the switch but it didn't go on.
- The street lights go on at about three o'clock in winter.
- I don't think the heating went on this morning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automatic
- automative
- hydraulic
- idle
- internal combustion engine
- mechanic
- mechanical
- mechanically
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- strip
- tick
- tick over
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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(TALK AGAIN)
B2 to start talking again after a pause:
informal something that you say to encourage someone to say or do something:
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- He took a sip of coffee and went on with his story.
- After stopping to clear his throat the politician went on with his speech.
- Go on, tell me more.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Starting again
- back
- back to square one idiom
- continue
- get back to sth
- go
- go back to sth
- pick
- pick sth up
- pick up the thread(s) idiom
- pick sth up
- reborn
- recreation
- renew
- reopen
- restart
- resumption
- slate
- start
- start over
- with the slate wiped clean idiom
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(TALK A LOT)
C2 to talk in an annoying way about something for a long time:
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- I heard you the first time, you don't need to go on about it.
- He tends to go on a bit in his lectures.
- The after-dinner speaker went on a bit.
- He's always going on about how much money he earns.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ways of talking
- -mouthed
- babel
- blab
- blather
- croon
- declamatory
- drone
- drone on
- expressive
- hold the floor idiom
- loose
- lyrical
- meanderings
- rabbit
- sink to a whisper idiom
- tattle
- telegrammatic
- throw
- waffle
- yap
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(PLEASE DO)
used when encouraging someone to do something:
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- Go on, take a day off work. You deserve it.
- Please can we get a kitten? Oh go on.
- Go on, have another glass of wine.
- Wear the low-cut blouse with your pink shorts - go on, I dare you!
- Have another slice of cake - go on, be a devil!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuasion
- pitch
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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(AGREE)
informal something that you say in order to agree to do or allow something that you did not want to do or to allow before:
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Words & phrases expressing agreement & acceptance
- accha
- achha
- amen
- amen to that idiom
- as you wish/like idiom
- beggar
- couldn't agree/disagree more idiom
- course
- I know idiom
- I wouldn't say no idiom
- mind
- no problemo
- of course idiom
- okey-doke
- right
- take
- ten-four
- there you go idiom 1
- very
- you said it! idiom
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(TIME)
to continue or pass:
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Spending time & time passing
- all the time in the world idiom
- Anno Domini
- course
- elapse
- employ
- fall
- fall away
- misspend
- pass
- passage
- passing
- roll
- run
- slip away
- spread sth over sth
- the sands of time are running out idiom
- tick
- tick away/by
- time and tide wait for no man idiom
- while sth away
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(NOT BELIEVE)
used when you do not believe someone
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Linguistics: interjections
- (well) what do you know! idiom
- aiyo
- alas
- aw shucks
- awesomesauce
- bam
- bless
- boo
- charming
- good show idiom
- goodness
- heck
- hot dog! idiom
- talk
- use your loaf idiom
- voilà
- wake up! idiom
- watch out
- what an idea! idiom
- yes
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