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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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"There's a terrible algebra situation going on here of all of these things will equal 'bye-bye'."

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Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said the end of the war was in sight and there are "talks going on".

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"With the war going on it's going to get worse… everything goes up in prices, nothing comes down," he added.

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"We try to talk to him, but he just keeps going on about 'the Prince, the Prince,'" she says.

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"I don't even think he knew the war was going on. He didn't read the news and didn't have a smartphone."

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