go on
phrasal verb with go verb uk
/ɡəʊ/ us
/ɡoʊ/ present participle going | past tense went | past participle gone
Tag: What'S Going On Có Nghĩa Gì
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(HAPPEN)
B1
to happen:
I'm sure we never hear about a lot of what goes on in government.
This war has been going on for years.
- 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.
Occurring and happening
- afoot
- asynchronous
- attendant
- be at work idiom
- become
- come round
- ensuing
- eventuate
- fall
- fall into place idiom
- follow on
- go hand in hand with something idiom
- pass
- result
- supervene
- sync
- synchronize
- turn
- turn out
- turn up (somewhere)
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(CONTINUE)
B1
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 add a comment
- addWould you like to add any further comments?
- go onHe went on to say that there was little point in intervening at such a late stage in the process.
- state furtherHe stated further that he felt honoured to be given such an exceptional opportunity.
- continue"Let me give an example," he continued.
to move to the next thing or stage:
[ + 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 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.
Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (something) on
- cease
- cont.
- contd
- drag
- echo
- jag
- keep at something
- keep on doing something
- keep someone at it idiom
- leg
- push on
- run on
- run someone/something over
- see something out
- segue
- span
- spin
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Preceding and introducing
(OPERATE)
to start operating:
The spotlights go on automatically when an intruder is detected in the garden.
When does the heating go on?
- 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.
Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- air-cooled
- artificer
- automative
- bionics
- crank
- dolly
- gasman
- grease monkey
- hydraulic
- idle
- mechanical
- mechanization
- neutral
- servomotor
- strip
- supercharge
- tappet
- tick over
- tune
(TALK AGAIN)
B2
to start talking again after a pause:
She paused to have a sip of coffee and then went on with her account of the accident.
[ + speech ] "What I want more than anything else," he went on, "is a house in the country with a large garden for the children to play in."
informal
something that you say to encourage someone to say or do something:
Go on, what happened next?
- 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.
Starting again
- back to square one idiom
- continue
- get back to someone
- go back to someone
- pick
- pick up the thread(s) idiom
- reboot
- reborn
- recommence
- recommencement
- recreation
- renew
- reoccur
- reopen
- reset
- restart
- resume
- slate
- start
- with the slate wiped clean idiom
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Encouraging and urging on
(TALK A LOT)
C2
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.
to talk to someone
- talkA group of men were talking in the street.
- speakCould I speak to you privately?
- sayI couldn't hear what they were saying.
- chatWe were just chatting about the party.
- have a chatWe had a little chat over the garden wall.
- chatterThey spent the morning chattering away.
- 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.
Ways of talking
- babble
- beg the question idiom
- burble
- coo
- declaim
- declamatory
- drone on
- expansively
- expressively
- gabble
- gibber
- loose
- mumble
- pipe
- quaver
- ramble
- rattle on/away
- spout
- talk trash idiom
- throw your voice idiom
(PLEASE DO)
used when encouraging someone to do something:
Go on, have another drink.
"I don't really feel like seeing a film tonight." "Oh go on. We haven't been to the cinema for ages."
- 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!
Urging & persuading
- ambulance-chasing
- argumentation
- be/go on at someone idiom
- blag
- blagger
- charming
- chivvy
- fob
- inveigle
- miseducate
- miseducation
- overencourage
- persuasive
- persuasively
- soft sell
- tub-thumping
- urge
- wheedle
- woo
- wrap someone around your little finger idiom
(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:
"Are you sure you don't want another slice of cake?" "Oh go on then, but just a small one."
Words & phrases expressing agreement & acceptance
- accha
- achha
- amen
- amen to that idiom
- as you wish/like idiom
- beggar
- fair
- hear
- I know idiom
- I wouldn't say no idiom
- mind
- quite
- should
- size
- very
- you can say that again! idiom
- you can't say fairer than that idiom
- you do you idiom
- you're on! idiom
- you're telling me! idiom
(TIME)
to continue or pass:
Tomorrow will start cold but it should get warmer as the day goes on.
As the evening went on, it became clear that we should never have agreed to see each other again.
Spending time & time passing
- all the time in the world idiom
- Anno Domini
- elapse
- employ
- fall
- fall away
- misspend
- pass
- roll
- roll by
- run out
- serve
- slip
- slip away
- the sands of time are running out idiom
- time's a great healer idiom
- timekeeper
- wear
- wear on
- while something away
(NOT BELIEVE)
go on! mainly UK old-fashioned
used when you do not believe someone
Linguistics: interjections
- aiyo
- alack
- attaboy
- attagirl
- auf Wiedersehen
- aw shucks
- dream
- goodo
- in inverted commas idiom
- inverted commas
- need
- need I say more? idiom
- neener, neener
- never look a gift horse in the mouth idiom
- no harm no foul idiom
- no sir idiom
- rest
- small wonder idiom
- sweet
- you see idiom