phrasal verb

Go on

No. 1 most commonLetter GInseparable

2Sections

To Continue.

Meanings

  • To Continue. (intransitive, International English)
  • Happen (intransitive, International English)
  • Start doing or taking something (inseparable, International English)
  • Be guided (inseparable, International English)
  • Be nearly a certain period of time (inseparable, International English)
  • Progress (intransitive, International English)
  • Spend money (inseparable, International English)

Examples

  • She WENT ON the pill when she met him.
  • The investigators have no clues to GO ON.
  • It's GOING ON ten years since we met.
  • They asked me how the project was GOING ON.
  • The alarm GOES ON when you close the front door.

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