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Synonyms

going on

Idioms  

  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

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“It’s such a massive book and it goes into so much detail, so I basically used it as a Bible for breaking down moment by moment what was going on in Mary’s head,” Bruccoleri says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Thompson added there are "numerous smaller gorse fires going on" across Northern Ireland.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

"Sometimes it takes an outside perspective to see what's really going on," an opinion writer wrote in the Arizona Republic.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

I know that a lot of people are getting tired of what’s going on and thinking about how do we stop this?

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

I heard Elliot mutter something rude about people who didn’t make plans, and I smiled despite the chaos going on around us.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

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