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 album went on to win a Grammy for best contemporary R&B album at the 49th annual award show in 2007. — Caché McClay, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Milner went on a minor-league rehab assignment July 29 after an appendectomy. — Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026 The film won the ACID Award at Cannes and went on to collect more than 30 international prizes. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 As camp went on, a groin injury kept him out of roughly a week of practices and the preseason opener against Seattle. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026 The statement went on to say the president has already secured deals with foreign exporters to provide the 25% discount. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026 The album went on to sell more than two million copies and remains beloved by fans today. — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026 While in Marin City, Shakur formed the One Nation Emcees rap group and went on to perform live for the first time at the city’s 1989 music festival. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 On Thursday, health workers at the Nizi Treatment Center went on strike and the facility temporarily closed. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went on

Verb

A lot of things happened over the course of the history of baseball.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
But that’s just what happened, as Arlington seized a statement 38-22 victory.

— Charles Baggarly August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 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

Those drivers’ days (and lives) were rattled far more than those stuck in the backup behind them.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents.

— Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of rattled

Verb

The first emergency call about a detainee trying to harm himself came about a month after Camp East Montana — an immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas — started to house immigrants.

— Perla Trevizo, ProPublica, 28 Aug. 2026
Warsh acknowledged that forward guidance was essential during the Great Recession, when the practice came about (Warsh was a Fed governor during that time).

— Jeff Marks,Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of came about

Verb

But the competition came down to the wire in Mora’s first three years as Ta’Quan Roberson ultimately won the job over freshman Zion Turner in 2022, then Fagnano won it over Roberson in 2023 before losing it to Nick Evers in 2024.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026
Like others, Birchfield is curious about which species came down.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of came down

Verb

With both getting substantial playing time in the first half, Liufau went down with a wrist injury in the second quarter and did not return.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Leite had both arms extended backward in an effort to contain Reese, who pushed herself free after Howard's basket went down.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026