Thesaurus results for WENT ON

went on

verb

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 Nick Foles played only three-regular season games and then went on an improbable and outstanding playoff run. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Little by little as the day went on, the ranks of us still in the running grew thinner. — Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026 So Mannheim head coach and sports manager Dallas Eakins (previously the head coach of the Anaheim Ducks) had an up-close view as the summer went on. — Max Bultman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 So what happens when the only record of how your business works is stored in the head of someone who just went on leave? — Angelica Kopec, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026 The play went on to multiple productions throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026 The Scene The Bayeux Tapestry, which went on display in the British Museum this week, is one of the wonders of the medieval world. — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026 As the night went on, the focus shifted to music, with a performance by 070 Shake, followed by Fcukers, and Papi Juice closed things out with a DJ set. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026 And as time went on, the barn that was once the cornerstone of farm life slowly began deteriorating beyond repair, leading the farm to undergo another major change this year in an effort to restore the barn’s former liveliness. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went on

Verb

What happened in Clancy’s case appears to be similar, assuming the other jurors’ account — and not the holdout’s — is accurate.

— Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Take what happened during the Covid-19 pandemic— the Fed, then led by Jerome Powell, was concerned that the pandemic would lead to massive layoffs.

— Scott Horsley, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.

— Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026

Definition of rambled

Verb

Amid ongoing disputes that have rattled a city office at the center of complaints for months, a grievance is pending in which a worker claims unfair treatment, discrimination and that he was denied a deserved promotion.

— Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
That 59-point Week 1 output temporarily rattled the fan base’s belief in defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of rattled

Verb

For example, a client’s original software build ran on no-code, which was functional for a time but eventually led to friction.

— Angelica Kopec, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
But Pratt, a Trump-friendly Republican in a deep-blue city, ran on a promise of radical reform at City Hall.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of ran on

Verb

Since production has never been transparent about exactly what went down during her surgery, Kari has only her blurry memory combined with the accounts of cameramen who were in the operating room documenting it — until they were removed.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
On stage at the conference, Brennan remembered the 2019 sale of Gilmour’s guitar collection, when the rush of online bidders became so intense that the auction house’s system went down and the sale had to be delayed.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026