Go on
Go on verb - To take place.
Lie
Both terms in one sentence
- When the girls uncover the lie just before the concert, they dress up and go on stage as "The Beatles", which surprisingly goes over well with the audience.
Source: Celebrity Lie - Then he has to actually go on that trip when Mokey asks him to bring something back for her... The lie keeps growing and growing until eventually Boober is forced to pretend to be an Old Gypsy Lady.
Source: Snowball Lie -
He also bashes anyone who dares to use the cake reference in their Web Comic for the same reason: "And if that doesn't work then just go on about the cake being a lie."
Source: Discredited Meme
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Lie and Go on. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_on/lie
Go on & Lie. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_on/lie>.
Lie or Go on. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_on/lie.
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