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going
[ goh-ing ]
noun
- the act of leaving or departing; departure:
a safe going and quick return.
- the condition of surfaces, as those of roads, for walking or driving:
After the heavy rain, the going was bad.
- progress; advancement:
With such slow going, the work is behind schedule.
- Usually goings. behavior; conduct; deportment.
adjective
- moving or working, as machinery.
- active, alive, or existing.
- continuing to operate or do business, especially in a successful manner:
a going company.
- current; prevalent; usual:
is the going price of good farmland in this area?
- leaving; departing.
going
/ ˈɡəʊɪŋ /
noun
- a departure or farewell
- the condition of a surface such as a road or field with regard to walking, riding, etc
muddy going
- informal.speed, progress, etc
we made good going on the trip
adjective
- thriving (esp in the phrase a going concern )
- current or accepted, as from past negotiations or commercial operation
the going rate for electricians
the going value of the firm
- postpositive available
the best going
- going, going, gone!a statement by an auctioneer that the bidding has finished
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- get going, to begin; get started.
- going away, Sports. by a wide margin, especially as established in the late stages of a contest:
The champion won the bout going away.
- going on,
- nearly; almost:
It's going on four o'clock.
- happening:
's going on here?
- continuing; lasting:
That party has been going on all night.
Example Sentences
But just when the central characters’ fascinating messiness achieves peak interest, you realize this movie’s earnest commercial shimmer is never going to segue into a denser, darker poetry.
“Now, are we going to go run to the podium and defend and try to get those people back? No, absolutely not.”
As the meeting between Witkoff and Putin was taking place, Trump claimed talks were going in the right direction.
"Ultimately the Fed is going to do what's prudent," he said.
"Where are the future hairdressers going to come from if good, employed salons go out of business?"
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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