going to

Idioms  

1. About to, will, as in I'm going to start planting now, or Do you think it's going to rain? or We thought the train was going to stop here. This phrase is used with a verb (start, rain, stop in the examples) to show the future tense. Occasionally the verb is omitted because it is understood. For example, That wood hasn't dried out yet but it's going to soon, or Will you set the table?—Yes, I'm going to. [1400s] Also see go to.

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Example Sentences

If the calendar was going to reset, why couldn’t personal style do the same?

From Salon

"I can't promise that I'm going to average 75 for Notts in these games, but giving everything I can to in this little block and just see where we go from there."

From BBC

“You’re going to now be steered to private loans to make up the difference,” she said.

From MarketWatch

“I didn’t feel there was going to be as many quality transfers in the transfer portal,” Lloyd said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two years later, he started work on his M.B.A. at Stanford Graduate School of Business, thinking he was still going to “do business stuff.”

From The Wall Street Journal