going on

== English == === Preposition === going on Indicates a time or age in the very near future. ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes used humorously to suggest that a person is precocious or mature before their time: e.g. "she was seventeen going on forty". ==== Synonyms ==== approaching almost, close to, nearly ==== Translations ==== === Verb === going on present participle and gerund of go on === See also === goings-on ongoing === References === “going on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === ongoing