going on in English

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "going on",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hey, what's going on in there?"
        },
        {
          "text": "There are interesting changes going on in the company."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is going on, it is happening."
      ],
      "id": "simple-going_on-en-phrase-K23eG6sz"
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Look, it's going on supper-time, so let's set this aside for now."
        },
        {
          "text": "I've been at this company for going on thirty years."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm twelve going on thirteen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is going on a time, an age, or a period of time, it is almost that time."
      ],
      "id": "simple-going_on-en-phrase-~sfc74Fh",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "near"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "going on"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "going on",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "expression"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hey, what's going on in there?"
        },
        {
          "text": "There are interesting changes going on in the company."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is going on, it is happening."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Look, it's going on supper-time, so let's set this aside for now."
        },
        {
          "text": "I've been at this company for going on thirty years."
        },
        {
          "text": "I'm twelve going on thirteen."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If something is going on a time, an age, or a period of time, it is almost that time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "near"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "going on"
}

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"going on" meaning in English

Phrase