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continue a certain state, condition, or activity;
"Keep on working!"
"We continued to work into the night"
"Keep smiling"
"We went on working until well past midnight"
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come to pass;
"What is happening?"
"The meeting took place off without an incidence"
"Nothing occurred that seemed important"
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move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;
"Time marches on"
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continue talking;
"I know it's hard,"
"but there is no choice"
"carry on--pretend we are not in the room"
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start running, functioning, or operating;
"the lights went on"
"the computer came up"