"on the go" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on the go.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the go, {{en-PP}} on the go
  1. (idiomatic) Actively traveling; busy; moving often. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: go-go, on the fly, on the move, out and about, to go Translations (actively traveling): 四处奔走 (Chinese Mandarin), menossa (Finnish), liikkeellä (Finnish), unterwegs (German), in giro (Italian), w biegu (Polish), в пути́ (v putí) (Russian), в доро́ге (v doróge) (Russian), на ходу́ (na xodú) (english: while walking) (Russian), в движе́нии (v dvižénii) (english: on the move) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-on_the_go-en-prep_phrase--ANVVrnt Disambiguation of 'actively traveling': 93 7
  2. In progress; having started. Translations (started): 开始 (kāishǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), työn alla (Finnish), in corso (Italian), в рабо́те (v rabóte) (english: working, at work) (Russian), на ходу́ (na xodú) (note: of a machine) (Russian), в движе́нии (v dvižénii) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-on_the_go-en-prep_phrase-GgZ2Q-g- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of 'started': 5 95
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      "sense": "actively traveling",
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