"go on" meaning in All languages combined

See go on on Wiktionary

Phrase [English]

Forms: go on
Head templates: {{expression}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you go on with something, you continue to do it.
    Sense id: simple-go_on-en-phrase-R-yJ6Dpe
  2. If somebody stops speaking, you say go on to tell them to keep speaking.
    Sense id: simple-go_on-en-phrase-DaCbrIsi
  3. If you go on to do something, you do it after something else.
    Sense id: simple-go_on-en-phrase-Ay-tr14l
  4. If you go on about something, you talk about it for a long time.
    Sense id: simple-go_on-en-phrase-q~Oddrz2
     
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          "text": "I hate it. I can't go on living like this."
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          "text": "\"So, I was thinking, um....\" \"Go on.\""
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          "text": "She went on to study math in university after high school."
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        {
          "text": "He's always going on about how hard things are."
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