0 to happen:
I'm sure we never hear about a lot of what goes on in government.
1 to continue:
Please go on with what you're doing and don't let us interrupt you.
[ + -ing verb ] We really can't go on living like this - we'll have to find a bigger house.
If you go on (= continue behaving) like this, you won't have any friends left at all.
[ + to infinitive ] She admitted her company's responsibility for the disaster and went on to explain how compensation would be paid to the victims.
What proportion of people who are HIV-positive go on to develop (= later develop) AIDS?
The spotlights go on automatically when an intruder is detected in the garden.
When does the heating go on?
4 to talk in an annoying way about something for a long time:
He went on and on until I finally interrupted him and told him I had to go.
I just wish he'd stop going on about how brilliant his daughter is." "Yes, he does go on (a bit), doesn't he?"
I wish you'd stop going on at me (= criticizing me repeatedly) about my haircut.
5 used when encouraging someone to do something:
6 something that you say in order to agree to do or allow something that you did not want to do or to allow before:
8 used when you do not believe someone
9 to continue:
Hello, hello. What's going on here then?
The matches were going on simultaneously.
It's hard to know what goes on behind my back.
Go on for another 50 metres until you come to the traffic lights.
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