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go on

verb

  1. to continue, be perpetuated
  2. continue speaking
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/

intj

Etymology: Structurally equivalent to go onward.

  1. Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener.

    Go on! You were saying about those other ones too?

  2. Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity.

    A: He asked Fiona to marry him. B: Go on! A: It's true, I swear.

  3. Expressing encouragement, see come on.

    Go on! You can do it!

  4. Yes; okay; it's a deal.

    —So three hundred on the chair then, and can we do two-fifty on the clock? —Go on, then.

verb

Etymology: Structurally equivalent to go upon.

  1. To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by.

    We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date.

    I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.