1. going on - Verb
2. going on - Preposition
going on
Indicates a time or age in the very near future.
It's going on three o'clock.
"How old are you?" ―"Going on nineteen."
going on
present participle of go on
A paranoid man is a man who knows a little about what's going on. William S. Burroughs
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock. Ben Hecht
Rhythm and blues used to be called race music. ... This music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it. Ray Charles
If a woman hears that something unusual is going on in heaven, she would find a ladder to go and look. Armenian Proverb
After eating nine hundred rats, the cat is now going on a pilgrimage. Hindi Proverb
Leave well alone! You wont improve matters by going on tinkering. Swahili Proverb