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going steady

going steady is the present participle and gerund of go steady.

Meaning of go steady

Verb

go steady (third-person singular simple present goes steady, present participle going steady, simple past went steady, past participle gone steady)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, steady.
  2. (colloquial, dated, intransitive) To date one person (a steady) regularly and exclusively.

Questions about going steady

What is going steady the present participle and gerund of?
Going steady is the present participle and gerund of go steady.

Words near going steady in the dictionary

  1. going so far as
  2. going soft
  3. going sour
  4. going south
  5. going spare
  6. going steady
  7. going straight
  8. going strong
  9. going the distance
  10. going the entire animal
  11. going the entire swine

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