going on

Idioms and Phrases

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

Snooky was three-going-on-four, and looked something like an angel—only healthier and with grimier hands.

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For example, we perceive the going-on of the Great Pyramid in its relations to the goings-on of the surrounding Egyptian events.

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It comes back, how serious I was about the drawing, at going-on-five.

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For the standpoint of three-years-old is quite different from that of fourteen-going-on-fifteen.

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Maybe I am only going-on-eighteen, but I'm doing a man's work, and I'm doing it competently.

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Related Words

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• permanent
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• recurring
• unceasing
• unending