go forward

idiom

: to continue doing something : to proceed
I don't want to go forward without a contract.

Examples of go forward in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That’s according to Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan Chase, who told the Wall Street Journal the bank may institute checking account fees in order to recoup any revenue lost if regulators go forward with a plan to cap overdraft fees. Byalicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 8 July 2024 Edward Burke will go forward next week after a federal judge on Friday denied a last-ditch effort to postpone the hearing until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules in a bribery case that his lawyers say could affect his conviction. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2024 If the plan described by the President does go forward, Israelis will likely have very mixed feelings. Dan Raviv, TIME, 1 June 2024 Special Judge Frances Gull had originally sided with prosecutors, who argued the hearings should go forward as scheduled. Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for go forward 

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“Go forward.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20forward. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Legal Definition

go forward

intransitive verb
went forward; gone forward; going forward
: to proceed with a lawsuit or a matter in a lawsuit
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