to intend or be about to start (to do or be doing something): often used as an alternative future construction
what's going to happen to us?
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Examples of 'be going' in a sentence
be going
Cass shouted at him: `If you don't go now you won't be going at all!
Thomas, Craig THE LAST RAVEN (2001)
With every step, he knew he should be going to open The Book of the Dead.
Garth Nix LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
All related terms of 'be going'
be going to
If you say that something is going to happen , you mean that it will happen in the future , usually quite soon .
be hard going
If you say that something is hard going , you mean it is difficult and requires a lot of effort .
be going begging
to be available to be used or bought because other people are not interested
be going places
to be showing a lot of talent or ability and be likely to become very successful
be going great guns
said to mean that someone is being very successful at something
to be going on with
If you say that something is enough to be going on with , you mean that it is enough for your needs at the moment , although you will need something better at some time in the future .
be going down the drain
to be getting worse or to be being destroyed, with little hope of recovery
not be getting anywhere/not be going anywhere
If you say that someone or something is not getting anywhere or is not going anywhere , you mean that they are not making progress or achieving a satisfactory result.