Go on
Go on verb - To take place.
Stand
Stand verb - To occupy a place or location.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Rock Raiders will sometimes decide to go on strike and stand around doing nothing no matter what you tell them to.
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Twilight even begs Luna to kill her and her friends, as she can't stand to watch the pain and suffering go on any longer.
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They stand before each other, using holographic screens to hack into the other's cybernetics for a good while, until they decide that isn't working and go on to just beat the crap out of each other.
Source: Dueling Hackers
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Stand and Go on. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_on/stand
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Stand or Go on. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/go_on/stand.
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