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Definition

[adj] (verse) without a rhetorical pause between lines
[v] talk or narrate at length
[v] continue uninterrupted; "The disease will run on unchecked"; "The party kept going until 4 A.M."

See enjambment.

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Synonyms

keep going

Antonyms

end-stopped

See Also...

go along, go on, proceed, speak, talk

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