Verbs

(v)continue, go on, proceed, go along, keepcontinue a certain state, condition, or activity“Keep on working!”, “We continued to work into the night”, “Keep smiling”, “We went on working until well past midnight”
(v)happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take placecome to pass“What is happening?”, “The meeting took place without an incident”, “Nothing occurred that seemed important”
(v)advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go onmove forward, also in the metaphorical sense“Time marches on”
(v)continue, go on, carry on, proceedcontinue talking“‘I know it's hard,’ he continued, ‘but there is no choice’”, “carry on — pretend we are not in the room”
(v)go on, come up, come onstart running, functioning, or operating“the lights went on”, “the computer came up”