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it's going

it's going phrase: an apathetic or negative response to the informal greeting "how's it going?".

Phrase

it's going

  1. (informal) An apathetic or negative response to the informal greeting "how's it going?".
    • A: How's it going? B: It's going.

Questions about it's going

What does it's going mean?
It's going means an apathetic or negative response to the informal greeting "how's it going?".
What part of speech is it's going?
It's going is a phrase.

Words near it's going in the dictionary

  1. it's cold outside
  2. it's early days
  3. it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission
  4. it's everywhere
  5. it's five o'clock somewhere
  6. it's going
  7. it's Greek to me
  8. it's grim up north
  9. it's lonely at the top
  10. it's never too late to mend
  11. it's no use

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