go on

Synonyms:

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

Antonyms:

draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw

pull back or move away or backward

back away, back out, crawfish, crawfish out, pull back, pull in one's horns, retreat, withdraw

make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity

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forge

move ahead steadily

penetrate

make one's way deeper into or through

creep up, sneak up

advance stealthily or unnoticed

encroach, impinge, infringe

advance beyond the usual limit

plough on, press on, push on

continue moving forward

string, string along

move or come along

overhaul, overtake, pass

travel past

close in, draw in

advance or converge on

edge, inch

advance slowly, as if by inches

rachet up, ratchet, ratchet down

move by degrees in one direction only

elapse, glide by, go along, go by, lapse, pass, slide by, slip away, slip by

pass by

get by

pass or move in front of

fell, fly, vanish

pass away rapidly

clear, top

pass by, over, or under without making contact

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go, locomote, move, travel

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

Synonyms:

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

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break, develop, recrudesce

happen

arise, come up

result or issue

result

come about or follow as a consequence

intervene

occur between other event or between certain points of time

transpire

come about, happen, or occur

give

occur

operate

happen

supervene

take place as an additional or unexpected development

go, proceed

follow a certain course

come

come to pass; arrive, as in due course

fall

occur at a specified time or place

anticipate

be a forerunner of or occur earlier than

develop

be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest

recur, repeat

happen or occur again

come off, go off, go over

happen in a particular manner

come around, roll around

happen regularly

happen, materialise, materialize

come into being; become reality

bechance, befall, happen

happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

bechance, befall, betide

become of; happen to

coincide, concur

happen simultaneously

backfire, backlash, recoil

come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

chance

be the case by chance

break

happen or take place

fall, shine, strike

touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

turn out

prove to be in the result or end

contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize

happen at the same time

drag, drag on, drag out

proceed for an extended period of time

descend, fall, settle

come as if by falling

iterate

run or be performed again

cycle

recur in repeating sequences

condense

develop due to condensation

appear, come out

be issued or published

open, open up

become available

happen

chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

come, do, fare, get along, make out

proceed or get along

come up

be mentioned

Synonyms:

continue, go along, keep, proceed

bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

continue

continue after an interruption

Antonyms:

discontinue

come to or be at an end

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hold

remain in a certain state, position, or condition

keep going, run on

continue uninterrupted

ride

continue undisturbed and without interference

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act, move

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

Synonyms:

carry on, continue, proceed

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segue

proceed without interruption; in music or talk

jog, ramble, ramble on

continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

Type of:

speak, talk

exchange thoughts; talk with

Synonyms:

come on, come up

Antonyms:

go off

stop running, functioning, or operating

Type of:

get going, go, start

begin or set in motion