1
as in to happen
to take place
what in the world is going on in there?
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2
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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1
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
Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
What Happened To Amy Bradley? In March 1998, Amy Bradley went on a Royal Caribbean International cruise with her family.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Who knew a fresh fish and a bouquet of roses, if handled correctly, could be sufficient in immobilizing a pair of gorilla-sized goons?
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 July 2025
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Verb
Yet, despite not having all 14 clubs, the 2017 Masters champion still went on to card his best round of a solid week on the Causeway Coast.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 20 July 2025
What Happened To Amy Bradley? In March 1998, Amy Bradley went on a Royal Caribbean International cruise with her family.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
Noun
And Trump and his goons are getting more and more angry — and reckless.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2025
Who knew a fresh fish and a bouquet of roses, if handled correctly, could be sufficient in immobilizing a pair of gorilla-sized goons?
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for go on
Verb
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With Dries, everything happens at the beginning; and then with Marc, everything happens at the end.—
Laird Borrelli-Persson,
Vogue,
15 July 2025
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There’s already been teasers of things that happen later on.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Get Straight To The Point Don’t waste time rambling with a lengthy introduction.—
Rachel Wells,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Sweet Peas: In the garden, these delicate blooms need a structure to ramble on but Cordelia favors their wildness in cut flower arrangements.—
Lauren Dunec Hoang,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 July 2025
Noun
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The 18th Street thugs then attacked a second victim with large wooden planks, causing lacerations that required sutures.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
10 July 2025
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Plus, she wasn’t forced to live in a remote jungle compound surrounded by gun-toting thugs, because no one was coming after her.—
Sam Kelly,
Time,
8 July 2025
Verb
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Unverified video, shot from a helicopter and posted on social media, appeared to show that the plane had come down in a densely forested area.—
Reuters,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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The difference between a good cocktail and a bad cocktail can often come down to ratios.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The film is currently filming in London with Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors behind the highest-grossing MCU movies ever, back behind the camera; Downey now playing the chief villain; and a slew of stars from the lost era of Fox's X-Men movies reprising their roles for the first time in years.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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In 1994, Hogan joined WCW and reinvented himself as a villain, forming the New World Order (nWo) and ushering in a new era of edgy storytelling.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
Verb
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While the president is desperate for the Fed to cut interest rates, firing Powell before his term ends in eight months is no guarantee that rates would drop, and his departure would also likely rattle the financial markets.—
Paul Weinstein Jr,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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Trump’s whiplash approach to threatening and imposing tariffs has at times rattled the markets.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
21 July 2025
Noun
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ineffably, Renko’s qualities of solidity and rebelliousness bring my father back to me, and the whole 11-book series, set mostly in Russia (with excursions to Cuba and the Arctic Circle), is a galloping wonder, full of apparatchiks, spies, oligarchs, gangsters, and murders galore.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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Aside from the already extraordinary tale of the O’Leary clan, Jim O’Leary led a life of adventure as a main cog for the city’s infamous gambling operations at a time when gangsters battled over control of the Prohibition liquor trade.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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