Thesaurus results for WENT ON

went on

verb

Definition of went on next

past tense of go on

as in happened

to take place what in the world is going on in there?

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as in rambled

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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Recent Examples of went on In 2023, the WGA went on its longest-ever strike, lasting 148 days. —

Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026 Khamenei went on to pursue theology, a path that led him to the holy city of Qom to study under — and build relationships with — ultra-conservative religious clerics. —

Rachel Treisman, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026 Multiple major buyers were in for the movie and the bidding went up and up as the buzz grew for the film, which went on to win Sundance’s Audience and Grand Jury Prize. —

Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 Mar. 2026 Tens of thousands of customers logged on as soon as tickets went on sale, according to a Field Museum spokesperson. —

Hannah Hudnall, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 The murderer and writer Jack Abbott was in prison when Mailer befriended him, and went on to kill again after Mailer lobbied for his release. —

James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026 After dropping his debut full-length, Rock with Sedaka, in 1959, Sedaka went on to release four original studio albums and scored back-to-back hits on the radio. —

Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 2 Mar. 2026 While Epstein went on the tour, which included lunch with Musk, the emails suggest the women were not allowed past the lobby. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026 Richards won the three-way nomination and went on to defeat Republican Clayton Williams, becoming the last Democratic governor in Texas. —

Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026

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Whale, and later fellow directors Franc Rodman, Branagh and now Gyllenhaal, imagined what might have happened if Frankenstein had completed the female monster.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
When Sneaky Snook in his mail truck happened upon the wreckage near the boundary of Meredith Downs, sheep were scattered along the roadside and the fence, bleating, dazed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Mar. 2026