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going to

  1. About to, will, as in I'm going to start planting now, or Do you think it's going to rain? or We thought the train was going to stop here. This phrase is used with a verb (start, rain, stop in the examples) to show the future tense. Occasionally the verb is omitted because it is understood. For example, That wood hasn't dried out yet but it's going to soon, or Will you set the table?—Yes, I'm going to. [1400s] Also see go to.



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“Those things are going to be good going forward,” Roberts said.

He said the cast had been very welcoming: "They've said, 'Have fun, it's going to be amazing to work with you'."

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"Governments have not stepped up to the plate and sport is going to have to take some unilateral judgments and decisions here," added Coe.

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"Hurdles come up in life and I'm jumping over each one in turn, achieving what I want to achieve and nothing is going to stop me," she said.

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“This was a conversation we had going into the game, you know, because just from what I was seeing, I knew it was going to be a chippy game,” Foster said.

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