Function: intransitive verb
Date: 15th century
1 a : to continue on or as if on a journey <life goes on > < went on to greater things> b : to keep on : CONTINUE < went on smoking> c : PROCEED < went on to win the election>
2 : to take place : HAPPEN <what's going on >
3 : to talk especially in an effusive manner <the way people go on about their ancestors ― Hamilton Basso>