Definition of goings in English English dictionary
- plural of going
- goings-on
- Occurrences; things that go on, occur, or happen; events; activities
She sent a long letter detailing all the recent goings-on in her life.
- goings on
- occurrences, events taking place, happenings
- goings-on
- If you describe events or activities as goings-on, you mean that they are strange, interesting, amusing, or dishonest. The girl had found out about the goings-on in the factory. activities or events that are strange or interesting, and often illegal
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- Goiás, a state of Brazil
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- A board game played for over 2000 years. It is played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of squares 19 squares wide and 19 deep
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- To end or disappear
After three days, my headache finally went.
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- To be out
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- To be told; to circulate
There's a story going through the town about you.
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- To become. The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state
After failing as a criminal, he decided to go straight.
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- To urinate or defecate
Have you managed to go today, Mrs. Miggins?.
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- To have a certain record
The team is going five in a row.
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- To sound; to make a noise
I woke up just before the clock went.
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- To offer or bid an amount
We could go two fifty.
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- To fit
The belt just barely went around his waist.
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- To be valid or accepted
Anything goes around here.
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- To be in a state continuously
We went barefoot in the summer.
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- To attack
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- To walk; to travel on one's feet
Master Piercie our new President, was so sicke hee could neither goe nor stand.
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- To follow (a course or path)
Let's go this way for a while.
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- To make an effort
I never thought he'd go so far as to call you.
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- To enjoy
I could go a beer right about now.
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- To be pregnant (with)
She goes with child.
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- To collapse
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- To lead (in a direction)
Does this road go to Fort Smith?.
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- To be lost
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- To resort (to)
I'll go to court if I have to.
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- To start
Get ready, get set, go!.
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- To date
He's been going with her for two weeks.
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- To be known or considered
He went by name of Sanders.
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- To make (a specified sound)
Cats go meow.
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- To belong (somewhere)
This piece of the jigsaw goes on the other side.
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- An attempt
I’ll give it a go.
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- To leave; to move away
I really must be going.
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- To attend
I go to school at the schoolhouse.
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- To be expressed or composed (a certain way)
The tune goes like this.
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- A board game, originally from China, played in East Asia, mostly in China, Japan, and Korea
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- An approval to do something or a something that has been approved to do
We will begin as soon as the boss says it's a go.
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- To do, especially to do something foolish
Why'd you have to go and do that?.
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- To survive or get by
We've gone without your help for a while now.
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- To proceed (often to indicate the perceived quality of an event or state)
A: How are things going? B: Not bad, thanks.
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- To die
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- To think or say to oneself
As soon as I did it, I went that was stupid..
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- A turn in a game
It’s your go.
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- To bet or venture (an amount)
I'll go a ten-spot.
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- To take a turn, especially in a game
It’s your turn; go.
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- To work or function
The engine just won't go anymore.
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- To be spent or used up
His money went on drink.
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- To extend (from one point to another)
This property goes all the way to the state line.
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- To say (something). Often used in present tense
I go, As if! And she was all like, Whatever!.
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- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving
Let's go shopping.
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- To take a particular part or share
Let's go halves on this.
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- To fight or attack
I went at him with a knife.
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- To move for a particular distance or in a particular fashion
This car can go circles around that one.
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- To be discarded
This chair has got to go.
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- To search
Somebody went through my things while I was out.
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- To take up a profession
She's gone to be a teacher.
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- To tend or contribute toward a result
These experiences go to make us stronger.
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- A turn at something
You’ve been on it long enough—now let your brother have a go.
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- To be sold
The car went for five thousand dollars.
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- To elapse
The time went slowly.
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- To break down or decay
My mind is going.
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- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted
The award went to Steven Spielberg.
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- To have authority
Whatever the boss says goes, do you understand?.
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- To walk
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- To yield or weigh
Those babies go five tons apiece.
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- To change from one value to another
The price keeps going up.
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- To move from one place to another
This train goes to Chicago.
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- To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink
White wine goes better with fish than red wine.
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- To work (through or over), especially mentally
Let's not go into that right now.
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- Likely to continue; viable
He didn't want to make an unsecured loan to the business because it didn't look like a going concern.
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- That attends habitually or regularly
- going
- Present participle of go
- going
- Figuratively, conditions for advancing in any way
Not only weren't the streets paved with gold, but the going was difficult for an immigrant.
- going
- The suitability of ground for advancing
The going was very difficult over the ice.
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- hard; unyielding
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- {i} act of going; attempt, try; energy, vigor, spirit; period of activity; success
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- {v} to walk, travel, move, proceed, reach, decay
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- {n} the act of walking, a departure, a pregnancy
- comings and goings
- Comings and goings refers to the way people keep arriving at and leaving a particular place. They noted the comings and goings of the journalists
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- be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle"
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- street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
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- The fashion or mode; as, quite the go
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- move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
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- to start: power or speed
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- To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; generally with over or through
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- To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to advance; to make progress; used, in various applications, of the movement of both animate and inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the movements of the mind; also figuratively applied
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- To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely
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- be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"
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- be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
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- {i} Japanese game for two players on a board that is checkered with 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines
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- continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
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- A glass of spirits
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- have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes "
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- follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
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- perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
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- give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"
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- That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one
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- To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded
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- go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"
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- An artist's pen-name or psuedonym An artist may use a variety of go throughout his career
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- stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
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- enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
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- pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action; "How is it going?"; "The day went well until I got your call"
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- progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
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- To take a turn in a game, etc
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- To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in
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- 'Hard'
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- change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"
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- To move from a place to another that is further away
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- be ranked or compare; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"
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- To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake
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- ir; Go to the board , Vaya(n) a la pizarra ; go away, irse; go in, entrar; go out (with), salir (con); go shopping, ir de compras; go to bed, acostarse (ue)
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- be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?"
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- make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
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- a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"
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- A circumstance or occurrence; an incident
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- Japanese for 'five' (See Japanese Counting for more)
- go
- cow; ray, light, radiance; consciousness; milk
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- v to transfer control to a go point See the special operator go
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- Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made a go of it; also, an agreement
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- To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling
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- To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to avail; to apply; to contribute; often with the infinitive; as, this goes to show
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- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
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- be spent; "All my money went for food and rent"
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- Act; working; operation
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- begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"
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- be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes"
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- be sounded, played, or expressed; "How does this song go again?"
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- pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
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- To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue or result; to succeed; to turn out
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- (goh) 5
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- a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"
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- To have as its/their proper place
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- functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go"
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- be contained in; "How many times does 18 go into 54?"
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- Noisy merriment; as, a high go
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- to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"
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- Everything is ready to continue
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- follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
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- Gone
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- v to transfer control to a go point See the special operator go @IGindex{go point}
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- {f} proceed, move; travel; leave; extend from one point to another; function properly; pass, elapse; match, suit; fit; become impaired; be used up; die; break; become; sell; say (Informal)
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- Chinese weiqi or wei-ch'i Korean baduk Game that involves two players alternately placing black and white stones on a board checkered by 19 vertical lines and 19 horizontal lines. The players attempt to conquer territory by surrounding vacant areas or capture stones by surrounding them. Points are awarded by conquering and capturing and reduced by losing one's stones. The game is also played in electronic formats. Go probably originated in China, possibly as early as 2300 BC. It was brought to Japan AD 500, where it developed into the modern game. Most identified with Japan, is also popular in China and Korea and is played worldwide
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- to date (often used with out: to go out)
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- blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs"
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- An option on the Netscape menu bar that retains the names of the last several sites that have been visited By clicking on the name, you can return to that site quickly
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- lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South"
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- General Observer
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- Of a machine, to work
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- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him
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- a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"
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- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
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- functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are go
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- have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"
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- strenght, hard, five
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- Of or pert
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- in full operation; "a going concern"
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- You say that you are going to do something to express your intention or determination to do it. I'm going to go to bed He announced that he's going to resign I was not going to compromise
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- 14. going concern: see concern see also comings and goings
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- act of departing
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- The going rate or the going salary is the usual amount of money that you expect to pay or receive for something. She says that's the going rate for a house this big That's about half the going price on world oil markets. see also go
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- That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate
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- {i} walking; departing; dying; exiting; movement; progress
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- If you can keep going with the money you have, you can manage to live on it. Things were difficult, and we needed her wages to keep going
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- You use the going to talk about how easy or difficult it is to do something. You can also say that something is, for example, hard going or tough going. He has her support to fall back on when the going gets tough Though the talks had been hard going at the start, they had become more friendly
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- to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company
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- If you say that something is going to happen, you mean that it will happen in the future, usually quite soon. I think it's going to be successful You're going to enjoy this I'm going to have to tell him the truth Are they going to be alright?
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- {s} existing; thriving, succeeding; operating, working; current; common
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- If you keep going, you continue doing things or doing a particular thing. I like to keep going. I hate to sit still
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- When you get going, you start doing something or start a journey, especially after a delay. Now what about that shopping list? I've got to get going
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- The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad
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- If you say that something is enough to be going on with, you mean that it is enough for your needs at the moment, although you will need something better at some time in the future. It was a good enough description for Mattie to be going on with
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- advancing toward a goal; "persuading him was easy going"; "the proposal faces tough sledding"
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- If someone or something has a lot going for them, they have a lot of advantages. This area has a lot going for it I wish I could show you the things you've got going for you
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- advancing toward a goal; "persuading him was easy going"; "the proposal faces tough sledding
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- If you say that someone should do something while the going is good, you are advising them to do it while things are going well and they still have the opportunity, because you think it will become much more difficult to do. People are leaving in their thousands while the going is good
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- run; the horizontal distance between two successive nosings The sum of the goings of a straight flight stair is the going of the flight
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- euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
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- In horse racing and horse riding, when you talk about the going, you are talking about the condition of the surface the horses are running on. The going was soft; some horses found it hard work
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- Course of life; behavior; doings; ways
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- Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; chiefly used in the phrases a going business, concern, etc
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- about to be whacked
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- The horizontal measurement between the top and bottom risers of a stair or the depth of one tread
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- Departure
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- Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing
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- You can use going on before a number to say that something has almost reached that number. For example, you can say that someone is going on 40 to indicate that they are nearly