Main Entry: go on

Function: intransitive verb

Date: 15th century

1 a : to continue on or as if on a journey <life goes on> <went on to greater things> b : to keep on : continue <went on smoking> c : proceed <went on to win the election>
2 : to take place : happen <what's going on>
3 : to talk especially in an effusive manner <the way people go on about their ancestors — Hamilton Basso>