having it going on

Verb

have it going on (third-person singular simple present has it going on, present participle having it going on, simple past and past participle had it going on)

1. (idiomatic, chiefly African-American Vernacular) To be attractive or socially successful or have an aura of success.
   • The brother did have it going on though. He was 6'4", a copper-tone tan, not too black and not too light, a military career, and was looking for a job […]2000, Cheatie Holeman, The Girl's Got It Going on, page 123
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see have, go on.
   • We might just as well take our stand upon it and fight it out now on both sides of the House as to have it going on and being a perennial sore from year to year.1905, Canadian House of Commons, “Debates: official report”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 1994