be going
idiom
1
: to leave
I have to be going
2
British
: to be available
There are no jobs going right now.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Jan. 2026
The Season 51 main cast member appears not to be going anywhere anytime soon.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
Her book of memoirs Two Tickets to Calamity will be going to publishers via her literary agent next month.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
Moore's attorney, Joseph Simon, declined to say whether the coach will be going home to his wife and three children while speaking to reporters at an Ann Arbor courthouse Friday.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 13 Dec. 2025
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“Be going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20going. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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