go forward

idiom

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

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After reconsidering its earlier decision, the three-judge appeals court panel ruled unanimously in March that Edwards' lawsuit against the state could go forward and said South Carolina couldn't strip Planned Parenthood of state Medicaid funds. Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2024 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 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 30 Dec. 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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