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life goes on

life goes on phrase: saying used to encourage someone to keep moving despite hardship.

Phrase

life goes on

  1. Saying used to encourage someone to keep moving despite hardship
    • It might've been one hell of a week, but hey, life goes on. You gotta get back up each time it throws you down.
    • Oh yeah, life goes on / Long after the thrill of livin' it's gone1982, John Melloncamp, “Jack & Diane”, in American Fool

Origin of life goes on

From the idea that the world continues despite all the setbacks, the world doesn't stop for one person.

Questions about life goes on

What does life goes on mean?
Life goes on means saying used to encourage someone to keep moving despite hardship.
What part of speech is life goes on?
Life goes on is a phrase.

Words near life goes on in the dictionary

  1. life forces
  2. life form
  3. life forms
  4. life goal
  5. life goals
  6. life goes on
  7. Life Guards
  8. Life Guardsman
  9. Life Guardsmen
  10. life hack
  11. life hacks

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