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 The Daily Mail reports some major catfighting went on backstage, with many participants green with envy assuming that momager Kris Jenner clinched the deal. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 Thousands of California state workers on Wednesday flooded the streets of downtown Sacramento and communities across the Golden State as the largest state worker union — with about 100,000 members — went on strike. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 We were inspired from how many great discoveries that went on to revolutionize science and medicine came about from looking around in nature and finding these odd things—PCR [polymerase chain reaction] tests, for example, or CRISPR. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 Alou reacted demonstrably, and the Marlins went on to score eight runs in the inning, sending 12 batters to the plate, as Cubs shortstop Alex Gonzalez botched a routine double-play ball. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026 The feature went on to win a British Independent Film Award in the same year. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026 The Bills went on to win 37-34 in overtime, dropping the Rams’ record to 2-3. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Following its release, the track logged 38 weeks atop Billboard’s Regional Mexican Airplay chart, won a Latin Grammy and went on to win regional Mexican song of the year at the BMI Latin Awards. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2026 Trained by Mark, the colt went on to win the Preakness Stakes, the second leg of racing’s Triple Crown, which also includes the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went on

Verb

Here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
Had that not happened the team would have had to most likely play at Gateway Center Arena — its usual home that seats 3,500.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

With six minutes left in a laugher, Walker, the reigning Super Bowl MVP, had rambled for 173 yards on 23 carries and had scored twice.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of rambled

Verb

So far, these productions have largely escaped disruption, but the riots have rattled film crews and prompted warnings from Hollywood studios’ security departments.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Profitability concerns have rattled the AI trade in recent weeks as revenues coming in from frontier models Anthropic and OpenAI have disappointed analysts.

— Sean Conlon,Hugh Leask,Lee Ying Shan,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of rattled

Verb

The simulations ran on Aurora, Argonne’s exascale supercomputer, using 8,100 computing nodes and about 50,000 graphics processing units (GPUs) per calculation.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
The leasing office ran on a skeleton staff and a hold button.

— Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of ran on

Verb

Decisions rarely happened categorically or in bulk; everything came down to whether the specific thing in front of you—that book, this shop—was good enough to draw you in.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Marsh's foot came down just out of bounds, however, and Ohio State hung on to the 19-15 win.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of came down

Verb

Emergency calls in the City of Oakland are being answered by Alameda County after the city's 911 system went down Wednesday night.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Luke Fahey, the true freshman who took over after Sayin went down in the fourth quarter of last week’s victory, will remain the Buckeyes’ starter moving forward.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026