on and on

Adverb

Meaning

on and on (not comparable)

Continuously and tediously.
The interview dragged on and on, long after I was sure I wouldn't get the job.

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Synonyms

constantly continuously forever endlessly perpetually incessantly repeatedly ceaselessly unceasingly interminably

Antonyms

sometimes occasionally periodically intermittently irregularly from time to time
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Related terms

go on on about

Examples

Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe. John Lennon

The trouble with "sacrifices as symbolic acts" is that the immediate impact on those for whom the sacrifice is made quickly fades, while the impact on those who actually make the sacrifice can go on and on. Preston Manning

What is flirtatiousness but an argument that life must go on and on and on? Kurt Vonnegut

So on and on I go, the seconds tick the time out There's so much left to know, and I'm on the road to find out. Cat Stevens

The river of sludge will go on and on. It isn't about me. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

When you're too mad and too rattled to see straight, you're bound to make mistakes. You can't go on and on for years being miserable about a situation and not have it change you. You get so you can't stand yourself. Lucille Ball

Close letter words and terms

on an ongoing basis on and off on and off activity on and popping on annual leave on another hand