- go on
- 1)
the lecture went on for hours
Syn:last, continue, carry on, run on, proceed; endure, persist; take2)she went on about her cruise
Syn:talk at length, ramble, rattle on, chatter, prattle, blather, twitter; informal gab, yak, yabber, yatter, run off at the mouth, mouth off3)I'm not sure what went on
Syn:happen, take place, occur, transpire; informal go down; literary come to pass, betide
Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.