Go on
Go on verb - To take place.
Set in
Set in verb - To come into existence.
Both terms in one sentence
- In the first season of the series, puberty had set in for both, so they were replaced by Vanessa Lindores and Noam Zylberman (who would go on to voice Bentley Raccoon in later seasons).
- In Umberto Eco's novel Baudolino (set in the Middle Ages) the main characters go on a quest to find the kingdom.
Source: Forgotten Trope -
Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock, set In a World... where people go on being hammy even after they die, and where haircuts are Serious Business.
Source: World of Ham
Cite this Source
Set in and Go on. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 09, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_on/set_in
Go on & Set in. N.p., 2016. Web. 09 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_on/set_in>.
Set in or Go on. 2016. Accessed August 09, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_on/set_in.
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