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go⋅ings-on

[goh-ingz-on, awn]
–noun Informal.
1. conduct or behavior, esp. when open to criticism: We had never seen such goings-on as at the last dance.
2. happenings; events: The American newspaper kept her in touch with the goings-on back home.

Origin:
1765–75; n. use of prp. phrase going on
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goings-on

  1. n.
    happenings; events. : Some big goings-on downtown tied up the traffic.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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