From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlife goes onlife goes onspoken used to say that you must continue to live a normal life even when something sad or disappointing has happened We both miss him, but life goes on. → life
Examples from the Corpus
life goes on• We all mourn their passing, but life goes on without them.• The personal construction of life goes on, however much undergirded by chemotherapeutic assistance.• To be sure, life goes on.• It ensures that life goes on.• He knows that life goes on.• For them, life goes on.• While you were there you had a ball, and then life goes on.• In other words, life goes on. 