go forward

idiom

: to continue doing something : to proceed
I don't want to go forward without a contract.

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Blackburn then ordered that Dear’s treatment go forward, and the involuntary medication started in April. Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025 With Original Sin canceled, Phillips is also skeptical that another prequel focused on the Trinity Killer (played by John Lithgow in season four of the original show) will go forward. Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025 We are thrilled to confirm that Farm Aid 40 will go forward in Minneapolis as planned. Kristi Miller, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025 Clemishire and her family were among the crowd who filled the courtroom in Pawhuska on Thursday morning waiting to see whether the hearing would go forward with the first potential witness testimony in the case. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go forward

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Legal Definition

go forward

intransitive verb
went forward; gone forward; going forward
: to proceed with a lawsuit or a matter in a lawsuit
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