going on

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English[edit]

Preposition[edit]

going on

  1. Indicates a time or age in the very near future.
    It's going on three o'clock.
    "How old are you?" ―"Going on nineteen."

Usage notes[edit]

  • Sometimes used humorously to suggest that a person is precocious or mature before their time: e.g. "she was seventeen going on forty".

Synonyms[edit]

Verb[edit]

going on

  1. present participle and gerund of go on

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • “going on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams[edit]

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