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as in to happen
to take place
what in the world is going on in there?
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as in to ramble
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point
my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains
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as in idiot
a stupid person
an unfortunate tendency to call those who disagree with him "brainless goons"
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as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
the crime boss threatened to send the goons after him if he squealed
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Recent Examples of go on
Tomas J. Philipson, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Nichols went on to become the NCAA’s officiating coordinator and was inducted in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
Now, fresh reporting by the New York Times documents the wild ride that turned a group of crypto goons into a national laughing stock.
—Joe Wilkins Published Feb 5, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Some of those firms go on to reshape entire industries.
—Tomas J. Philipson, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2026
Nichols went on to become the NCAA’s officiating coordinator and was inducted in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Noun
Dance music has had a rough go of it in recent months — from clubs shuttering en masse to event cancellations due to goon-squad invasions of American cities.
—Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
Now, fresh reporting by the New York Times documents the wild ride that turned a group of crypto goons into a national laughing stock.
—Joe Wilkins Published Feb 5, Futurism, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go on
Verb
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What happened in podcasting is that money arrived, and some of it went into producing video clips.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2026
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What happens when a movement built on peace sets off a chain of events that leaves a region fluent only in the language of violence?—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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This rambling 1,200-acre Southern California ranch has both and much more, plus a supremely private and scenic locale on the outskirts of the historic community of San Juan Capistrano.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
10 Mar. 2026
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During the State of the Union, the top federal employee bullied, bragged and rambled for 107 minutes.—
Milly Dawson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Suddenly Odin gets a call telling him Korps leader Attila (Eili Harboe) and her thugs are on their way to finish the job.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2026
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The new Homeland Security person needs to unmask the thugs causing harm to families and innocent children.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
15 Mar. 2026
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Those variations came down to either a deal that kept the 24-year-old with the organization for the rest of his career or through his first two free-agent years.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
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Only 13% of Angelenos even have an opinion of Miller, with 7% coming down on the positive side and 6% negative.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There are no villains—or maybe life, or growing up, or getting older, is the villain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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His grandiose persona rubbed many the wrong way early on, earning him a villain label.—
Pamela Chelin,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The disruption has rattled global energy markets, reigniting inflationary pressures stemming from surging energy prices.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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OpenAI's unveiling of Sora in 2024 rattled many in the entertainment industry, who quickly expressed concerns that the model's ability to easily and rapidly generate relatively high-quality video from text would displace human creators.—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
24 Mar. 2026
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The scale of the headloss was best summed up by Luis Suarez attempting to reason with Messi, before the Argentine did anything on the Suarez scale of stupid.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But the new parking fees at Balboa Park are a whole new level of stupid.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Go on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20on. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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