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go⋅ings-on

  [goh-ingz-on, awn]
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–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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go·ings-on   (gō'ĭngz-ŏn', -ôn')
pl.n.   Informal
Actions or behavior, especially when regarded with disapproval: "cool observers of nutty goings-on" (Variety).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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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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