Thesaurus results for GOING (ON)

going on

verb

Definition of going on

present participle of go on

as in happening

to take place what in the world is going on in there?

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as in rambling

to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains

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Recent Examples of going on And the other film is about a Jordanian farmer and the water loss in Jordan, because there’s a whole political situation going on with water being stolen by Israel. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 There’s a lot of interesting work going on at Abundantia right now. — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 Both shows sold out within 10 minutes of going on sale three weeks ago. — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 There was a lot going on during the national anthem prior to the Monday Night Football game between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles , and the strangest part was how Caleb Williams handled the moment. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The Craft of Living is mostly a set of literary notes, like Leopardi’s Zibaldone, with almost no mention of the history going on all around him. — Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026 Three years later, there’s some kind of activity going on inside Vine Street Brewing’s 150-year-old building almost every day of the week, from running club meet-ups to card game nights. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 There is a heft to it, telling you there is something important going on. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026 There’s a lot going on that reminded me of that 2019 season there. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for going on

Verb

But while fans wait to see what happens, Davies, despite no longer being involved in the show, assured that a new series was definitely happening and there wouldn’t be too long to wait.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
There’s plenty of other awful things happening in the episode, almost all of them revolving around Sai.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

The tight hiding places of Kaitlyn Dever’s rambling house seem almost roomy compared with being stuck in the slimy gut of a sperm whale.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Another user experienced the issue on their Echo Show smart display but was able to stop the assistant from rambling by asking a random question.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of rambling

Verb

There is a lot of money in the market, but some of it appears to be receding and the number of commissions is coming down.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
That percentage is coming down as part of UPS’ plan to eliminate lower-quality volume, but Amazon still represents a meaningful part of the business.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming down

Verb

The production is a rattling junk drawer of circuit-bent thrift-store keyboards, dusty drum machines, and unintuitive loops, and KTO combines them into head-scratching, shouldn’t-work grooves.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
The trunk-rattling track oozes bold proclamations about bag chasing, love at first sight, and cruising past his adversaries.

— Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of rattling

Verb

The series follows the Canadian team’s historic run to the World Cup final, where they were ultimately toppled by host country England, going down 33-13 in front of a sellout crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham Stadium in South West London.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
And finding that fresh way to tell stories doesn’t necessarily mean going down the tried-and-tested horror route.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of going down

Verb

Maia 200 is already running on production AI workloads across Microsoft, including Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, and Microsoft’s own AI models.

— Tom Warren, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2026
In Michigan’s 10th district, Republican Michael Bouchard is running on his service as a Bronze Star Army captain and son of a longtime local sheriff.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of running on

Verb

So even after a summer in which Miami acquired a two-time MVP (Giannis Antetokounmpo) and another future Hall of Famer (Klay Thompson), the questions keep coming about which player the Heat can now add to put it over the top.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026
But to answer your question, yes, there is stuff coming about the other silos.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of coming about

Verb

And if things weren’t already bad enough for Los Angeles, facing Andy Reid coming off a bye is about the last thing any team wants.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Tennessee is coming off a 26-3 home loss to what was a winless Houston Texans team that managed to sack Ward four times.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026