going to

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Idioms and Phrases

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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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.

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“Now, are we going to go run to the podium and defend and try to get those people back? No, absolutely not.”

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"Ultimately the Fed is going to do what's prudent," he said.

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"Where are the future hairdressers going to come from if good, employed salons go out of business?"

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“I think I’m going to puke,” he said, hand on his stomach.

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