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going on

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  1. Also, going on for. Approaching, especially an age or time. For example, She's twelve, going on thirteen, or It's going on for midnight. The first term dates from the late 1500s, the variant from the mid-1800s. Also see go on.

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While the effects are being felt significantly at the moment, the erosion has been going on for thousands of years, he says.

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But having a lot of time to himself in the bunker, Ayatollah Khamenei may be reviewing in his mind what has been going on in the past three weeks and how he got here.

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"My friends were there. We were constantly on the phone. On Tuesday night, the protests were still going on, but I haven't had any updates since then."

From BBC

What on earth is going on at Manchester United?

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Thiago did not take long to make an impact for Cruzeiro, going on to score in his senior debut in Belo Horizonte.

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