went ahead

VERB

proceed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

begin continue go on

WEAK

advance dash ahead edge forward go forward move on progress shoot ahead

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cease complete end finish halt stop

WEAK

discontinue

Example Sentences

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Argentina went ahead two minutes into extra time on a strike from Lisandro Martinez, but Cape Verde equalized in the 103rd minute with a curving effort from Sidny Lopes Cabral.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

France went ahead with its annual street music festival on Sunday in a boiling heatwave, with a third of the country on red alert and alcohol consumption banned in the streets.

From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026

Budapest's annual pride march went ahead last year in spite of the ban, with organisers of the march saying at the time that a record 200,000 people took part.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

And legal scholars said there is no basis for this case, but it went ahead and settled it.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Yet in spite of my sense of violated responsibility I was pleased by the developments and went ahead with my plan.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison