going on

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.

Example Sentences

She says there’s no comparison to the violence and chaos of that time to what’s going on in Chicago.

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We had strikers going on strike, clubs gazumping their rivals and plenty more drama along the way.

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"We've got 40 new council homes about to come online, so, lots going on, lots of investment."

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The research warns that the Fed and other experts may be misreading what’s really going on in the labor economy.

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“We are going to notify these families about what’s going on.”

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