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1) to go on (being, doing, something) (continue)

2) (to cause passengers) to leave a ship and go on shore (disembark)

3) brave; ready to go on fighting; ready and willing; a form of play, sport, especially with rules, e.g. tennis, football, cards (game)

4) to cook (an egg) by cracking the shell and dropping the contents into boiling water; (to go on private land and) take (animals, fish etc) illegally (poach)

5) especially a long one, in a ship or boat (or a spacecraft); to go on a voyage (voyage)

6) to leave a place of work and go on strike (walk-out)

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Meaning:
am

be

exist

are

be

exist

be

used with the present participle of another verb to form the continuous tenses

exist

been

be

exist

blab

to talk foolishly

gossip

continue

to go on (being, doing, something)

persist, carry on

enact

to make (a law); to perform (a part) on the stage

act out; accomplish

extend

to make (something) longer (in space or time)

make larger, longer

happen

(of an event) to take place (usually by chance)

come to pass; occur

is

be

exist

march

the third month of the year, with 31 days; (to cause a person) to walk as soldiers do, with regular steps

walk with deliberation

persevere

to make an effort to continue with, do, (especially difficult or tiring)

keep at; work hard

persist

to refuse, in spite of argument, opposition, failure etc to make any change (in what one is doing, one's beliefs etc)

carry on, carry through

proceed

to continue, go on;

physically or mentally carry on, carry out

remain

to be still present after a part has gone or has been away; to continue in the same place or condition

stay, wait

resume

to begin (something) again after stopping for a time; to take or occupy (something) again

begin again

was

of be

exist

were

of be

exist

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